Nutritional Counseling

Nutritional counseling is available to those who are looking to adjust their diet to accommodate their health needs. Memorial Hospital inpatients or outpatients can be counseled on topics such as:

• Cholesterol-lowering diets
• Weight loss
• Diabetic diets and other special diets
• Any other nutrition-related subject.

Please call (785) 263-6676 to schedule an appointment with MHS’s Registered Dietitian.

Diabetes Support Group

The Dickinson County Diabetes Support group meets every month (except August and December) in Memorial Hospital’s Conference Room B, 511 NE 10th, Abilene. The group provides education and support to diabetic individuals and their loved ones. Each meeting, a program is presented by a health care professional on a diabetes-related topic.

For more information, contact the Memorial Health System Registered Dietitian at (785) 263-6676.  This program is provided in cooperation with the American Diabetes Association and the Kansas State Research and Extension, Dickinson County.