The Solution Method®:  Developmental Skills Training for Weight Management

Purpose & Mission: 
The Solution Method equips you with the skills to nurture and set limits from within. The method is based on training in the most fundamental skills of health and happiness. Using these skills eases stress, enhances happiness and decreases cravings and appetites. The method was developed at one of the nation's top medical schools. It's the only program, other than gastric bypass, to show continued weight loss after treatment ends.

Role of the Nutritionist:
The registered dietitian (RD) in the outpatient nutrition counseling center, Cynthia Moore, MS, RD, CDE is a Fully Certified Solution Provider who facilitates group training and does individual Solution coaching with clients. The RD Solution Provider has been in Solution training for over 7 years and has done graduate course work in the area of mental health & counseling in addition to nutrition science

Services: 

  • Individual Solution coaching and group training
  • Group training opportunities include The Solution Orientation, 4-week "Wired for Joy" Group training, 8-week "Solution for Weight" and 12-week groups and workshops. Individual coaching and Maximizing Success appointments (1/2 hr, 1 hr and 1.5 hr are available)

Additional Information:

  • Research on the The Solution Method or DST show lasting results
  • Findings include immediate benefit in mood, wellbeing and lifestyle; however, it may take 18 mo-2 years to achieve lasting weight loss
  • A portion of those who enroll in the training enter to gain other benefits than weight loss, i.e. to turn down the drives to other excesses.

Appointment Information:
Hours of Operation:  1-8pm for individual appointments and group classes, Mon-Tuesday  (434) 243-4749 or (434) 243-7313.

Services are offered at Northridge out of the Nutrition Counseling Center. Some group training is held in the Women's Midlife Center.

Resources: 

The Solution Method® Web-Site

The Pathway, Laurel Mellin, (2003) and the The 3-Day Solution Plan, Laurel Mellin (2005)

 

 

 

Your Certified Solutions Provider:  Cynthia Moore, MS, RD, CDE, FADA

Undergraduate Education: 

  • San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 

Graduate Education:   

  • Virginia Tech, Dulles & Blacksburg, VA
  • University of California, Davis, CA (MS, Nutrition Science)
  • Loyola College, counseling courses

Internship: 

  • Medical College of Virginia Hospitals

Other credentials:         

  • Certified Diabetes Educator, 1992
  • Solution Method Weight Management, Certified Provider, 2001
  • Integral Yoga Instructor, 1998
  • Cardiac Yoga Instructor, 2003

Professional Memberships: 

  • American Dietetic Association & practice groups (Weight managment, Diabetes, &Complementary Care)
  • American Association of Diabetes Educators

Professional Areas of Interest:  

  • Developmental skills training (DST) via Solution Method
  • Behavior change, most effective methods
  • Geriatrics
  • Diabetes and Cardiovascular health including in underserved populations
  • Osteopenia, Osteoporosis
  • Micronutrients, optimal amounts of vitamins and minerals for subclinical deficiencies
  • Effects of nutrients on behavior, mental health and physical health
  • Functional medicine
  • Weight managment
  • Mind body medicine, (mindfulness, yoga, & meditation as beneficial to improved health)
  • Stress Management
  • Preventive Lifestyle changes, disease prevention & early intervention

Professional Publications: 

  • Vitamin B12 levels in the elderly
  • Protein analysis in pollock, a deep sea fish
  • Childhood obesity - community based educational intervention in urban African Americans
  • Community based diabetes treatment in rural African Americans
  • Pilot study using mind-body skills in patients with type 2 diabetes
  • Chef-Registered Dietitian partnerships for healthy five-starcuisine