Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Newmarket and York Region, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callNewmarket is the health-care centre of northern York Region, home to Southlake, so people here are used to serious care being close by. Eating disorder treatment is a partial exception, and where it stops is worth understanding. I work with people across Newmarket and York Region by video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Newmarket can access specialized nutrition counselling without travelling to a clinic, while still working with someone registered with the College of Dietitians of Ontario.
You may be looking for general nutrition advice, but many people land here because food has become louder than they want it to be. You might be dealing with restriction, binge eating, guilt after eating, fear foods, body checking, or feeling unsure whether your eating is serious enough to deserve support. It is enough to start a conversation.
What nutrition counselling can look like when recovery needs to feel steady, collaborative, and safe.
A gentle, private self-reflection tool if you are not sure what to call what is happening.
How private dietitian fees and extended health receipts usually work in Ontario.
Book a free, no-pressure intro call. We talk through what brought you here and what you are hoping for.
Sessions happen by secure video from wherever you are in Newmarket. Nothing to prepare, nothing to weigh.
We work at your pace toward a calmer, steadier relationship with food and your body.
Every person who reaches out is met where they are. These are the main reasons people in Newmarket and across Ontario look for this kind of care:
Nutrition support for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, orthorexia, and eating that feels frightening or out of control.
Compassionate, weight-inclusive care when food, exercise, rules, guilt, or body image have started to take over.
A non-diet approach to binge eating, emotional eating, and the restrict-binge cycle, without shame or more rules.
Gentle support for food anxiety, fear foods, avoidance, and the slow work of feeling safer around eating.
Help for chronic dieting, body checking, food guilt, and rebuilding trust with your body at a steadier pace.
Work with a Registered Dietitian online from anywhere in Ontario, with receipts for extended health reimbursement.
Because care is virtual, I work with clients in Newmarket and nearby communities including Aurora, Holland Landing, and the GTA, as well as people right across Ontario. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
Newmarket is fortunate to have specialized services on its doorstep. Southlake Regional Health Centre runs a child and adolescent eating disorder program and a regional young adult eating disorder program for people up to about age twenty-five, both by referral. For a teenager or a young adult in Newmarket, that local access is genuinely valuable.
The clear edge is age. Once someone passes the young adult range, the nearby specialized option largely runs out, and adults are generally looking south to programs in Toronto instead. A person in their thirties or forties in Newmarket can find that the eating disorder care in their own city was never meant for them, which is a disheartening thing to discover mid-struggle.
Private virtual nutrition counselling does not have an age ceiling. It is open to adults at any stage, it needs no referral, and it can run alongside whatever medical care you already have. If you are a young adult on a Southlake waitlist, starting here does not affect your place, and the two can work together with your consent.
Aging out of a program mid-recovery is its own kind of setback, because it can feel like being told you have run out of time to be unwell. You have not. Recovery rarely finishes on a birthday, and the work of steadying eating and rebuilding trust with your body continues regardless of which programs your age now qualifies you for. Private nutrition care can pick up exactly where a youth or young adult program left off, without a gap.
The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, focused on rebuilding a calmer relationship with food rather than on the scale. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869, seeing clients across Ontario online. There is a plain summary of what exists across the province if it helps to compare.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Newmarket or York Region by secure video. You get the same individual, professional care as an in-person visit, without the commute or waiting room.
No referral is needed. You can reach out directly to book a free, no-pressure introductory call. Physicians and other clinicians are also welcome to refer a patient through the online referral form.
Lauren supports people with eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, binge eating, restriction, chronic dieting, food anxiety, body image concerns, intuitive eating, digestion, energy, and general wellbeing. The approach is non-diet, weight-inclusive, and free of judgment.
Book a free intro call. It is a relaxed conversation to see if working together feels right, with nothing you need to prepare beforehand.
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Reaching out is often the hardest part. The intro call is free, and there is no pressure to continue.
Book a free intro callPrefer to talk? Call (226) 407-8455
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