Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Marathon and the Thunder Bay District, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callMarathon sits on the north shore of Lake Superior along the Trans-Canada Highway, a small town roughly midway between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. Specialized eating disorder care in the northwest is based in Thunder Bay, hundreds of kilometres west, and the region already delivers much of its reach through virtual outreach. I work with people across Marathon by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Marathon 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 Marathon. 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 Marathon 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 Marathon and nearby communities including Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Manitouwadge, and the Lake Superior north shore, as well as people right across Ontario. From the shore of Lake Superior out to the neighbouring north shore towns, distance is no longer the barrier when care is virtual. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
For northwestern Ontario the specialized service is the Eating Disorders Program at St. Joseph's Care Group in Thunder Bay. It is an outpatient program for people who are medically stable, offering nutrition counselling, individual and family therapy, and education, and it requires a physician or nurse practitioner referral.
Thunder Bay is hundreds of kilometres west of Marathon along the lake. The region's regional outreach program is delivered largely through virtual technology, an open acknowledgement that people on the north shore cannot reasonably travel to the city for weekly sessions.
There is no dressing it up: specialized eating disorder care is genuinely scarce on the north shore, and the nearest program is far. Video is already the way the North reaches most of the people it serves.
A dietitian brings that support to you directly. Sessions happen by secure video from home in Marathon, there is no referral and no age cap, and the approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, body image, and eating disorder recovery.
If you are connected to the Thunder Bay program, a dietitian can work alongside it. If you are not, this is a place to begin now.
None of it comes with judgment, and there is no referral or waitlist standing in the way. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If reading first helps, here is how virtual sessions work.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Marathon or the Thunder Bay District 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.
Some of the writing people in Marathon find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
What online sessions actually feel like, and why they work as well as sitting in a clinic.
An honest look at the shape of recovery, so the road ahead feels a little less unknown.
How virtual care works across the country, and what makes it a good fit.
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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