Weight Management

Weight Management Nutritionist Dietitian in the St. Louis Area, Missouri, and Illinois.

Nutrition Therapy for Chronic Disease, Eating Disorders, and Disordered Eating – Improve Your Relationship with Food and Body

What is weight management?

Weight management refers to the practices and behaviors adopted to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. The dietitians at Branz Nutrition Counseling provide online and in-person weight management nutrition therapy. We believe in weight-inclusive nutrition counseling and follow HAES® principles to promote health equity in our dietitian practice. We work to give our clients the tools they need to reach and maintain a healthy weight, prioritizing intuitive eating and health goals over the numbers on the scale or BMI chart.

Our nutrition therapy includes education about balanced eating, mindful and intuitive eating, and lifestyle recommendations, like incorporating movement and activity into our clients’ everyday schedules. There is no one-size-fits-all nutrition therapy. We understand that maintaining an optimal weight depends on each person’s health, goals, and needs.

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What are principles of weight management?

Access outpatient medical nutrition therapy with a dietitian in our offices near St. Louis or online, with our secure, telehealth platform. Clients receive the principles to reach, and maintain, a healthy weight.

Key principles of weight management include:

1. Eating a Balanced Diet: We work to help our clients incorporate a wide variety of nutrient-dense foods. This doesn’t mean you have to swear off chips and brownies. Instead, we help clients prioritize and incorporate vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats into their diet plan.

2. Behavioral Strategies: We are what we eat and how we eat. Our weight management dietitians provide strategies to help patients incorporate mindful eating practices. Together, we set realistic and specific goals for each individual’s weight management program and help them maintain consistent eating behaviors over time for sustainable results.

3. Personalization: A weight management dietitian on our team will tailor a diet plan that fits each individual’s needs. We personalize strategies that take into account your personal preferences, family traditions, health conditions, lifestyle, cultural factors, medical needs (including medications), and more.

4. Long-Term Focus: We want everyone who walks through our doors to be empowered. We help our clients make gradual, sustainable changes, incorporating new habits, eating behaviors, and foods into their daily lives, making a lifelong commitment to health.

These principles work together to create a comprehensive approach to managing weight in a healthy, sustainable way. Ditch the diet culture today!

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What does a dietitian do for weight management?

A dietitian can help keep a patient accountable when it comes to intuitive eating and continuing to challenge any lingering food rules and beliefs around “good” versus “bad” food or other diet culture thoughts that may pop up interfering with their ability to feed themselves mindfully.

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Our Team of Dietitian Nutritionists in the Greater St. Louis Area

Branz Nutrition Counseling is a team of certified eating disorder dietitians who provide compassionate care to those struggling with their relationship to food. Our approach is weight-inclusive, LGBTQIA+, and social justice-oriented, which means that we believe that everyone deserves access to quality care.

We can’t wait to meet you!

With locations in Illinois and Missouri, we offer both virtual and in-person counseling sessions. And, we are licensed to provide Telehealth nutrition therapy to patients around the country.

We see clients in person in the St. Louis area, Missouri, Illinois, and from around the country via Telehealth. Learn more here.

We help individuals and families heal their relationships with food and body through compassionate, weight-inclusive care—supporting eating disorder recovery and managing chronic conditions like PCOS, diabetes, and heart disease using Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size principles.

Gwendoline Balto

MS, RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Brianna Becherer

MS, RDN, LDN, CPT

Registered Dietitian
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Laura Bradfield

RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian
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Kelly Houston

MS, RDN, LDN, CLC

Registered Dietitian
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Michelle Wilson

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS-C, CIEC

Registered Dietitian
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Erica Branz

MS, RDN, LDN, CEDS

Founder and Registered Dietitian
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Make An Appointment

What service do you need? We offer a range of appointments of different durations to best fit your needs.

Meet with your Personal Dietitian

Be paired with the dietitian nutritionist on our team and get continued support with one of our online groups. One-on-one counseling, in-person, or virtual. WE TAKE INSURANCE!

Take Control of Your Life

Heal your relationship with food and your body. Choose the best foods for your unique needs. Get the tools you need to live a healthy life. Receive continued support.

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Note: In order to secure a spot on a dietitian’s schedule, we need a valid payment method on file.

Our Testimonials

Thank you for choosing us as the Best Dietitian Practice in STL (2023)

There have been times where my daughter will eat 4 bowls of carrots and turn down a cookie, and there have been times where she will want all the fruit snacks and nothing else, but it doesn’t stress me out because I know now that it’s just what her body wants in the moment. The information provided in your course not only helps my kids, but also opened my eyes to some of my own internal struggles around sugar and meal times!"
My sister Gifted this program to me and I'm so glad she did! I've already gotten so much out of watching the modules and reading the PDFs."
Understanding and implementing the Division of Responsibility in Feeding really takes the pressure off meal times. I love sitting down to enjoy dinner with my family and I hope it’s a memory my kids enjoy when they’re older too."
Also, againg, thank you for being so kind to "A". She usually does not like seeing "doctor like people", but she actually enjoys coming to see you, so that says a lot.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
I can't thank you enough for all you have done for us. I know we will continue to deal with food issues but at least I see hope. I honestly don't know how L(or myself) could have got through the past year without you. You literally are a lifesaver!! You are an amazing dietitian!!.
by Mother of a Patient
Thank you for the caring devoted service and gentle compassion you have shown "S" over the years.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
I am truly grateful we found you to be he nutritionist. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
by Mother of a Patient, Saint Louis, MO
"For most of my life, I have correlated the size of my body to being loved and accepted. The smaller I am, the more lovable and acceptable I am. Giving up the dieting, the rules, and the noise has given me the freedom to trust, appreciate and accept love from others as well as myself".
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I truly appreciate the encouragement and hearfelt, genuine concern you have for me. Your counsel and empathy have meant a great deal and helped keep me going during difficult times.
by C, Saint Louis, MO
Thanks for helping me think about food differently and providing guidance regarding how to select carbs. Also, thanks for helping me recognize that the evolution would take several months to come to a 'new normal'.
by E, Saint Louis, MO