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Nutrition Services

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Our wellness staff team is dedicated to helping you achieve a healthier lifestyle!

Nutrition 101
A nutrition education class, designed to give basic education to help you start eating healthier.  You will learn what should be on your plate and how to balance your diet.  

Individuals will be able to:

  • Understand the components of the Food Guide Pyramid
  • Choose healthier food selections at restaurants
  • Learn about portion sizes

Classes are one hour in length and are offered the second Monday of every month at 12:00 PM. 

Nutrition 101 is free for YMCA Members, however pre-registration is required to reserve your spot.   Please call the Dowd YMCA CMC Health Center at (704) 716-6149 to register. 


Registered Dietitian Services
Alicia Fogarty, MS, RD, LDN, is a CMC registered dietitian.  A registered dietitian is a food and nutrition expert who has met the academic and professional requirements and passed a national exam to qualify for the credential “R.D.” Registered dietitians can administer medical nutrition therapy for a variety of medical conditions.  Private, individual counseling is provided.  Alicia will help you design personal menus and make recipe revisions.  

Reasons to be seen by a registered dietitian include:

  • High blood pressure:  Improve both diastolic and systolic numbers
  • High cholesterol:  Lower bad cholesterol and improve good cholesterol
  • Diabetes/gestational diabetes:  Improve blood sugars by providing menus and helping improve your A1C counts
  • Weight loss:  Lifestyle changes and how to eat by receiving personalized menus
  • Compulsive/overeating:  Simple tips to help decrease overeating
  • Gastrointestinal disorders:  Cope with constipation, Crohn's disease, GIRD and many others
  • Sports nutrition:  Ideas provided to help improve physical performance
  • Fatigue:  Simple ideas to help rejuvenate our life
  • Pregnancy:  Control portion sizes as well as weight gain during pregnancy
  • Exercise:  Basic and advanced ideas to help you start a regime
    Or anyone interested in a nutrition consult

YMCA Member

YMCA Program Member

$50/hour

$65/hour


Available by appointment.   For more information or to make an appointment, call (704) 512-4742.


Amy Hoffner Cynthia Yochim, RN
Wellness Director CMC Health Center Nurse
(704) 716-6160 (704) 716-6194
amy.hoffner@ymcacharlotte.org cynthia.yochim@ymcacharlotte.org


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