The Richland Hospital and Clinics celebrates National Nutrition Month with practical advice for eating well

February 19, 2025

Richland Center, WI – In honor of National Nutrition Month, March 2025, The Richland Hospital and Clinics (TRHC) is sharing practical advice to help our community embrace healthier eating habits. Even when you’re dining out! This year’s theme, “Food Connects Us,” allows Clinical Dietitians Ty Mulholland, Grace Denman, and Lindsey Hatfield to focus on changes you can make during celebrations, or a simple Friday night fish fry with friends. “Dining out doesn’t have to mean straying from your health goals,” says Mulholland. “Even small changes can make an impact.” The team came together to share their favorite recommendations from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for dining out:

1. Think about your food choices for the entire day. If you’re planning a special restaurant meal in the evening, have a lighter breakfast and lunch.

2. Ready to order? Look for words like baked, braised, broiled, grilled, poached, roasted, and steamed for healthier options. Batter-fried, pan-fried, buttered, creamed, crispy, breaded foods are better to avoid, or have less frequently.

3. Ask for the bread or chips to be served with your meal, not before, to help you avoid filling up too fast.

4. Sneak in more veggies by starting with a soup or leafy green salad.

5. Consider a salad with grilled chicken or seafood as your main course.

Tune in to TRHC’s Facebook and Instagram pages during the month of March for more tips from the Clinical Dietitian team.

The Richland Hospital and Clinics is a nationally awarded health care facility dedicated to caring, educating, and healing. Providing compassionate care for 100 years to residents of the greater Richland County area, TRHC operates an independent, integrated group medical practice in three locations, including rural health clinics in Spring Green and Muscoda and a critical access hospital at its primary location in Richland Center, WI.

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Photo of team at the table: The Richland Hospital and Clinics’ Clinical Dietitian team is an incredible resource for healthy living. Pictured left to right are Grace Denman, Lindsey Hatfield, and Ty Mulholland.