Nutrition Services
Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center team is helping patients to take charge of their physical and mental health by understanding the role that food plays in overall health and helping patients to learn about—and practice—good eating habits.
Meet Your Nutritionist
Jessica Masterson, RDN, CDN, CDCES, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified diabetes educator. She has worked in the nutrition and culinary field for more than 15 years and is passionate about good food and the healing ability of good nutrition.
Her background includes providing medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in a hospital and community setting for groups and individuals. She also has experience as an adjunct nutrition professor, culinary instructor, diabetes educator, and clinical sales specialist.
A nutritionist can give you tools to help treat or improve:
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Mental Health
- Food Relationships
- Food Allergies and Sensitivies
- And More!
Services offered:
- Pediatric Nutrition Education
- Adult Nutrition Education
- One-on-One Nutrition Counseling
- Nutrition Education Classes
- Children’s Healthy Cooking Class, provided to the community free through the support of Corsini and Brantner Families.
Individual Counseling in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, and Waterbury
During an individual appointment, Jessica and her patients review food intake and eating habits, physical activity, social activity, medical conditions, and medications. Based on this information, patients receive eating guidelines to suit their health and behavioral health conditions as well their lifestyle.
Group Counseling also is available. Call for a schedule.
To be eligible for services, individuals must be receiving primary care at
Wheeler Health.
To learn more, call Wheeler’s Navigation Center
860.793.3500, or contact
Jessica Masterson
860.224.6340
jmasterson@wheelerclinic.org
Email Jessica or call at 860.224.6340 for more information about our cooking class.
2024 Class Schedule
October 1: Funky Fruit
43 Woodland Street, Hartford
Fruit Tacos | Chicken Sonoma Salad | Apple Bites
October 15: Eat the Rainbow
43 Woodland Street, Hartford
Roasted Multicolor Cauliflower | Amazing Kale Salad
Stuffed Rainbow Peppers | Blueberry Parfait
November 4: Cozy Creations
1 Hope Street, Bristol
Baked Apple Slice | Stuffed Winter Squash | No Bake Cookies
November 18: Cozy Creations
43 Woodland Street, Hartford
Baked Apple Slice | Stuffed Winter Squash | No Bake Cookies
December 2: Harvest Mornings
1 Hope Street, Bristol
Root Veggie Fries | Granola | Winter Fruit Yogurt Parfait
December 16: Harvest Mornings
43 Woodland Street, Hartford
Root Veggie Fries | Granola | Winter Fruit Yogurt Parfait
Click Here to View Past Virtual Cooking Classes
Free Healthy Family Recipes
ALLERGY FRIENDLY CHOCOLATE CRANBERRY BISCOTTI
Kids can help measure and combine ingredients. They will also have fun shaping the loaves. Once the cookies have cooled after slicing, allow the kids to place them back on the cookie sheet. Let them dip the cookies into melted chocolate and add embellishments like sprinkles or chopped nuts. Click HERE for the recipe.
Kids can mix the tomato mixture once an adult has helped to chop the peppers and tomatoes. They can easily prepare the ricotta mixture. Allow them to rub the toasted slices of bread with garlic and let them get creative distributing the ricotta and tomato mixture on to the bread slices. Click HERE for the recipe.
Kids will have fun tearing the kale into bite-size pieces. Allow the kids to shake the dressing in a mason jar or mix in a bowl. Click HERE for the recipe.
Kids can make this recipe on their own once the fruit is washed and cut. Older children can help prepare the fruit. Let kids come up with their own flavor combinations by setting up a "taco" bar. Click HERE for the recipe.
NBC Connecticut Covered Our First Toddler Nutrition Class on March 12. Watch and listen below. Online text news story here.
On April 9, the cooking demonstration focused on kid-friendly breakfast ideas that children can help make, and the educational talk will be the dreaded topic so many parents struggle with: what to do if your child is a picky eater!
- Supervised kids' activities for children are provided
- A free gift is available for all participants after every class
- Anyone attending three classes can receive a $50 grocery store gift card
Pre-registration is not required, but strongly recommended by RSVPing to Jessica Masterson at JMasterson@Wheelerclinic.org.
Wheeler's nutrition programs help patients and the community fight chronic disease and achieve wellness through consultation, education, and individual counseling for children, adults, and families, focusing on how healthy diet can address:
- Feeding issues
- Failure to thrive
- Medical nutrition therapy for HIV/AIDS
- Weight concerns
- Diabetes
- Hyperlipidemia
- Sports nutrition
- Digestive disorders
- Food allergies
- And more!
Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center is a community health center that provides medical and dental care for the whole family, as well as behavioral health care and a range of alternative and complementary medicine such as chiropractic care and more. Our doctors, medical assistants, clinicians, counselors, and care facilitators work side-by-side as a team to meet your complete health care needs, in one location.