Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Prince Edward County and the Bay of Quinte area, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callPrince Edward County reaches out into Lake Ontario as a near-island of farms, beaches, and small towns, and over the last two decades it has become one of the province's best-known wine and food destinations. When your community's whole economy is built around food and drink, a person's private relationship with eating can get complicated in ways that are easy to overlook. I work with people across the County by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Prince Edward County 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 Prince Edward County. 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 Prince Edward County 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 Prince Edward County and nearby communities including Picton, Wellington, and Bloomfield, 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.
The County's identity now runs on wineries, restaurants, farm stands, and food tourism, and many people here work in hospitality, cooking, serving, pouring, and hosting. Being surrounded by food and alcohol as a livelihood, and by a culture that celebrates indulgence for visitors, can quietly complicate your own relationship with both, especially if it was already difficult.
The work is also intensely seasonal. Summers are frantic and full, winters are quiet and thin, and that swing between overwork and empty stretches is hard on income, on mood, and on the eating routines that keep a person steady.
Geography adds the practical barrier. The County is a near-island reached by bridges and a ferry, and the nearest specialized eating disorder care means a drive off the peninsula toward Belleville or Kingston, which is a real deterrent to weekly appointments.
Virtual care fits a hospitality life and an island geography at once. Sessions happen by secure video, scheduled around a shift or the season, with no drive off the County and no waiting room in a small community where you may well know the staff. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive throughout.
There is also the matter of who tends to slip through in a place like this. Chefs, servers, growers, and hospitality workers spend their days making food wonderful for other people while their own eating gets erratic, skipped in the rush and then blurred by late nights. That pattern is easy to normalize when everyone around you lives it too. Naming it, and rebuilding a steadier rhythm that still lets you love food and your work, is a large part of what the sessions are for. No referral is needed to start.
None of it comes with judgment. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If you are not sure where to start, there is a guide to finding an eating disorder dietitian in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Prince Edward County or the Bay of Quinte area 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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If meals end and something still feels unfinished, you are not broken and you do not lack willpower. Usually something is missing.
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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