Cynthia Lopez-Pettorino

Specialties

Food allergies
Help losing weight
Diabetes or prediabetes
Pediatric nutrition
Cancer
Heart health
Type 2 diabetes
Gestational diabetes
Prediabetes
Type 1 diabetes
High cholesterol
IBS
Menopause
High blood pressure
Ulcerative colitis
Pre or postnatal nutrition
Kidney disease
Healthy aging
Nutrition support
GERD / Acid reflux
PCOS

Approaches

🥘
Meal planning
🧍
Personalized macros
🏃
Exercise
🔍
Research-focused

Identifies as

Christian
Hispanic / Latino
White
Female

Cuisines / Diets

Greek
Mediterranean
Spanish

Minimum patient age

18 years old

About Cynthia

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Care & Education Specialist, CDC Lifestyle Coach Diabetes Prevention. Live/ work in NJ but originally NY girl. Enjoy living an active lifestyle by practicing prayer, riding my bike, cooking creative Mediterranean recipes for the meals ahead. Mother of one daughter, two cats, Sister/ Friend to a big Family all over USA. We all share one common goal: active outdoor adventures and working hard! I’m trying my best to balance it all between work, family, and dreams. I am a Cancer Survivor, so I've seen the view from both sides. Strength comes from within, but that 1st step key!

Approach to care

As individuals, it's never a cookie cutter approach. Love solving puzzles, but reminder it’s not just one thing that creates a lifestyle. What increases your risks and why? How may I begin? Enjoy teaching kids/ adults creative hands-on exercises to help you start tiny changes one by one (ie. fun recipes/ meal prepping/ time-savers/ organizing to meal prep/ fun exercise adventures). Desire, perseverance, imagination are required! Ready?

Your first session with Cynthia

First session you share your story and choose where we begin. What is your motivation for change and first objective? What do you want to learn first? How do you eat/ exercise including frequency and types? What is your medical history, recent blood work, family history? Sleep habits?

Location

📍 Rockaway, New Jersey

Education

Bachelor of Science Computer Information Technology, Didactic Requirements for Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica-Rome, NY, Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Rutgers School of Health Professions University in Newark, New Jersey

Hobbies

Love Biking, camping and all things outdoors in all weather, mountains/ the beach, creative in all ways especially cooking healthy Mediterranean style dishes, creativity, traveling with my family, animals especially cats, dogs and big birds.