Exam Room Nutrition

As a clinician, your patients are asking: 

“What should I eat for diabetes?” “How do I lose weight?” “My child is so picky. What do I do?” But here’s the problem—you probably didn’t learn much about nutrition in school. The National Academy of Sciences recommends 25 hours of nutrition education for med students. Most of us? We got maybe 5.  

Enter Exam Room Nutrition. Hosted by Colleen Sloan, a PA and RD with over a decade of experience, this podcast gives you clear, actionable strategies to tackle those tough nutrition questions with confidence—even when you’re pressed for time. From picky eaters to diabetes management, I’ll renew how you approach nutrition.  

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Recent Reviews

FutureRD

Super helpful!

I love this podcast! Colleen and her guests are so knowledgeable and experienced in the nutrition field. As a nutrition and dietetics student and future RD, I learn so much from tuning in. It’s way more enjoyable than reading a textbook and every episode has tips that are applicable for real life practice. I can’t wait to start implementing these tools in my own career and know I will be a better dietitian for having found this podcast!
Fubi22

Best nutrition podcast!!

This is the BEST nutrition podcast I have come across. Colleen has up to date information and guests on a wide variety of topics to help us stay educated and informed. As a new dietitian, these episodes help me feel confident in my MNT sessions. I recommend this podcast to everyone every chance I get including other RDs and med students!!
Learning as a PA-S

Best Applicable Nutrition!

This podcast is incredible and very easy to listen to. Colleen makes the information digestible and applicable and gives excellent tips for counseling. Her emphasis on “meeting the patient where they are“ is extremely valuable and her guests are always knowledgeable and excellent additional resources. Would recommend to anyone and everyone.
MBB_RD

Evidenced-Based, Bite-Sized Nutrition Info that’s Easy to Apply

I LOVE this podcast. The episodes are short and don’t feel like a big time commitment, which is nice and shows her commitment to helping those in a time crunch in more way than one. The information is evidenced-based and honors the scope of practice of dietitians. I love the nutrition tips she gives in each episode that make it easy to apply them in real life and makes it easy for patients to apply them, too. Definitely recommend if you want to learn more about nutrition in a way that’s easy to digest, and if you want to know how to answer some common questions patients ask. Also greatly appreciate how she encourages practitioners to refer to a dietitian!
MTM Review

My favorite nutrition podcast

Thank you Colleen for putting together and running this podcast. I’m a registered dietitian and was looking for a podcast for my continual learning. After trying several out, this one is my favorite. It’s up-to-date, to the point, and covers many topics. All types of clinicians will surely benefit from listening to this!
germanandboxer

Informational and applicable

I love your episodes and guests. The information provided is applicable. I look forward to listening to each episode. Keep crushing it.
Emmurphy26

Infant feeding

This episode was so great for me, especially as a NICU nurse! Feeding information is always great to have :)
makgoins

Good information

Enjoyed a lecture with this podcast speaker, and have enjoyed extra learning during time in PA school through the podcasts ever since!
jeelpatell

First time listener during PA week

Listened to this podcast for the first time during PA week and I will continue to listen in!!
Taira Drews

You must listen!

Colleen is bringing some much needed education to the healthcare field. Please take the time to listen, you won’t regret it!
Steph Venturini

Awesome!

So insightful! Perfect for the busy provider to follow along easily.
Alwayslearning&growing

Great information and so much help!

I love this podcast. As a new family medicine PA, it has taught me so much.
Lycheeplum

Great content!

So helpful! Thank you!
TMG5!

Awesome!

So helpful and useful for any health care professional in any field!
ToKenn90

Thank you!

Thank you for this resource! It is very beneficial to the medical professionals and students when talking to patients about their nutrition.
Nina Crowley

Ep.68 “The Right Way to Talk Weight”

I loved the opportunity to talk with Colleen about this topic! Discussing a patients weight is so important and impactful, and I hope listeners were able to take home some useful tips on how to improve their counseling for impact! Colleen is so easy to talk to you and I really enjoyed our conversation, and her focus on short applicable take home messages that you can use today!!!
LJettD

Amazing!

I had the opportunity to listen to PA/RD Colleen lecture to my PA class and now listen to a few podcasts! - she is phenomenal and truly changes the way you view nutrition. She also helps guide you through tough conversations with patients and how to create a safe, trusting environment for patients to be able to have said tough conversations. Cannot wait to utilize the clinical tools she has given me!
zogc

One of a kind show!

Colleen’s show is so helpful for any healthcare professional trying to learn more about nutrition.
ellehewfitness

amazing podcast!

i absolutely love listening to this podcast and i’m not even a clinician! ☺️ very easy to follow for people who are just trying to learn a thing or two from this lovely lady! 💕 highly recommend listening!
Jlcarlqu

This podcast is chock full of short simple answers

Thank you for making the nutrition landscape so much easier to navigate!
Run2theGap

Practical and insightful

Love this podcast! I’m just an everyday person looking to better understand the role of nutrition in our lives. This podcast is both informative and down to earth. Great host with interesting guests. Thank you for the inspiration!
zmm038572

Great topics with easy to follow/understand set up

This podcast is great for learning about various nutrition and medical topics in an easy to follow format! As an SLP, it’s nice to learn from other related professionals and this podcast helps with doing just that! Recommend giving it a listen!
Kristen RDN

5 stars

This podcast provides so many tactical, real life nutrition quick tips. Colleen keeps it fun and entertaining and is so knowledgeable!
Nickipop

Real clinical application

Colleen addresses topics that are very relevant to clinical practice. You could literally apply what you learned with your next patient. She also has awesome guest speakers! Great way to start your day on your drive to or from work or during your workout!
Julie Meringue

Great podcast!

This podcast is so helpful! Colleen is a great host and I love how practical all these topics are. What a great resource for all types of healthcare providers!
obgynmdct

Infertility

Thoughtful,engaging accurate
CPA20132011

Evidence Based

Strong and engaging evidence based show. Keep up the good work!
Taylor Leon

Love this podcast!

Colleen is amazing and was such a pleasure to work with! I was honored to be asked to be a guest on Exam Room Nutrition! I’ve listened to all of her episodes, and as an RD, I think this is such a great resource and the work she does is incredible!
Lauren, APRN

Great resource

Nutrition has never been a strong suit of mine and I honestly didn’t think I was going to need it very much in my career. Boy I was very wrong about that! As a pediatric NP I am asked multiple times a day from patients and parents about nutrition. Colleen covers phenomenal content that pertains to the daily questions I encounter. This is a wonderful resource and I am so happy she’s here with it. Thank you!
Jashtonrd

Great way to stay up to date on nutrition

Colleen does a great job bringing on knowledgeable dietitians that are experts in their field. All health care professionals (including dietitians like myself) can benefit from listening! I have loved this podcast as a way of staying up-to-date on nutrition topics that are not my specific area of expertise. Colleen does a great job of keeping everything simple and concise. Love it!
peasandpixels

A must listen for anyone in the medical field!

As a registered dietitian I can’t say enough about how much I love Colleen’s podcast! I’ve been in practice 12 years and still learn something new every episode. She provides great and effective yet very simple strategies for working with patients that I have been able to implement in my patient care daily and also in my personal life as a mom of 3 littles. The short and to-the-point length of this podcast makes it an easy listen on the way to work which is a huge added bonus and the range of topics covered is fantastic.
C Alois

Informational

Grateful that Colleen has taken the time to create these informational podcasts. All healthcare providers can benefit from listening to her. Nutrition is a topic that can address so many health issues for our patients and many welcome our recommendations. Colleen has the ability to refresh many topics and offer personable guest interviews.
Laura Koller RD

Expert Nutrition Guidance for Clinicians

I love this podcast. Colleen is knowledgeable and passionate about supporting clinicians with practical guidance on how to talk to patients about a variety of nutrition topics, and her guests are top-notch in their areas. Keep up the fantastic work.
MichelleVess

So informative and helpful

I love the flow of this podcast! It has been a habit over the last week to listen to these episodes on my drive to work. It has renewed how I approach nutrition with my patients.
Melissa Mitri

Super informative and practical information for medical providers

As a Registered Dietitian, I was thrilled to hear about this podcast. The topics Colleen educates her listeners about are so critical for providers to be aware of. Most providers have minimal nutrition training in medical school, but are the ones on the frontline addressing initial nutrition problems with patients. Highly recommend this podcast if you are a healthcare provider who wants to feel more confident navigating nutrition topics with your patients, and be able to point them in the right direction for support from a registered dietitian. Thanks Colleen keep up the great work you’re doing!
Nate1844

Exam Room is 2nd to none

I am usually not one to take time to leave reviews, unless whatever I am leaving one for is truly in a class of its own, Exam Room being it. Whether it be reading books and/or just about anything on self development and topics around health, I like to invest my time wisely in a literal sense. Exam Room Nutrition has been wonderful, with each episode providing intelligent content that comes from experience, not surface level Google stuff. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for guidance around a healthy lifestyle and overall well being.
court_dunb

Informative podcast!

This podcast is an awesome resource for providers who want to effectively address nutrition with their patients. Great interviews with experts in the field of nutrition!
katie.bean

Best podcast!

This podcast is so informative and helpful, a must-listen for healthcare providers! It’s the information that should have been taught in school but never was. The most valuable podcast for anyone who cares for patients!
Chelsey RDN

Great insight for dietitians & clinicians!

I love listening to the various perspectives of my colleagues in the Exam Room Nutrition Podcast. Keep up the great work!
Sarah Caudle

Great resource!

Love this podcast and great information for all healthcare providers!
Tracy Bingaman, PA-C

Digestable Nutrition Tips for Providers

Colleen and her amazing guests breakdown the challenges we are facing in the exam room by giving us nutrition knowledge and tips we can easily pass along to our patients. Exceptional nutrition advice for the healthcare providers. Helping to fill the gaps in nutrition education space that traditional medical education misses!
KDCamp81

Excellent Podcast and Host

Colleen does such an amazing job focusing on questions that all clinicians, PA’s, MD’s, RN’s, and all other health professionals NEED to know the answers to! If patient care your “bread and butter” then this is the podcast for you.
AMSmith422

Such great info!!!

Colleen is an exceptional host who is organized, thoughtful, proactive, and purposeful with each episode she creates. I love her passion behind this podcast and the work she does, as well as the sense of community she is creating among allied health professionals. As a pediatric dietitian, I love listening but also have learned so much from this show. Keep up the great work Colleen!
TheHormoneDietitian

Great educational source!

As a Women’s health RD (and guest of the show!) I appreciate this resource where providers can learn from experts in various niches and pick up actionable information they can use in clinical practice. Love the to-the-point conversation style!
mbetz09

A must listen for anyone who tells patients ANYTHING about nutrition!

As a fellow dietitian, I love what Colleen is doing to help other healthcare professionals learn how to talk to patients about ALL sorts of nutrition topics. We are ALL busy in the healthcare space, and want to help patients as much as we can. Unfortunately, this good intentioned rushed advice can end up doing more harm than good. Colleen is helping hundreds of doctors, nurses, dietitians and others learn from the experts about what you can say to actually help people in that limited timeframe!
Kait J

Great podcast!

As a fellow PA, working in obesity medicine I highly recommend this podcast to any clinician (and really anyone) wanting to learn more about nutrition! It really breaks down how to practically communicate/approach food behavior which is an essential part of health!
Mswalksalot

Succinct practical tips for clinicians!

Colleen is an amazing interviewer and has a way to put complex information into simple terms. She provides practical advice backed by research and scripts you can use with your patients to get results. Her podcasts are bite sized for busy clinicians, and are easy to listen in the car or on a walk. This is the best new podcast I have heard in a long time!!!
TheJuiceBox09

Value Value Value

This podcast provides so much value I am in awww of how easy Colleen makes this all to understand!