Health & Fitness dietitian
Registered dietitian Ashley Carpenter, of the FirstHealth Centers for Health & Fitness, consults fitness center members, FirstHealth employees and community residents of all ages about adopting healthy eating patterns. Those who meet with her about nutrition education and chronic disease prevention get an individualized plan that is designed toward specific fitness and nutrition goals.
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egistered dietitian Ashley Carpenter, R.D., LDN, works with the FirstHealth Centers for Health & Fitness to help members, hospital staff and community residents of all ages adopt healthier eating habits. She has a B.S. degree in nutrition from East Carolina University and has been with FirstHealth since 2007. Before joining the Centers for Health & Fitness, Carpenter worked as a dietitian in a variety of FirstHealth outpatient specialty programs, including the Bariatric Program, the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab programs, and the Diabetes and Nutrition Education Center. She also served as an inpatient dietitian at Moore Regional Hospital, where she worked with a variety of patients with complicated diagnoses. People who meet with Carpenter about nutrition education and chronic disease prevention get an individualized plan that is designed toward specific fitness and nutrition goals. Carpenter also provides metabolic testing to measure resting metabolic rate or RMR (the number of calories a person burns to maintain his/her vital body processes in a resting state). The test involves simply sitting in a chair and breathing normally into a tube for 10 to 15 minutes. Using the results of this metabolic measurement, Carpenter can provide a precise recommendation of the individual’s calorie needs for weight management and develop an individualized plan based on that information. The same test is also available as a service of the FirstHealth Diabetes Education and Nutrition Center. Facebook “f ” Logo
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