Julie Christensen

About Julie

Julie is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian who has helped people discover how nutrition and healthy food relationships enhance health for over twenty years. With significant experience collaborating for positive lifestyle change, she empowers people to mindfully uncover realistic methods to improve health especially in the areas of prediabetes, disease prevention & healthy aging, hypertension, elevated lipids & cardiovascular disease, weight loss/management & bariatrics, food intolerances, and gut issues (specifically Celiac Disease and IBS). She is also a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and has completed FODMAP training with Monash University.

Approach to care

Julie addresses your concerns in a comfortable small-steps approach, with the understanding that many factors play into food choices. She compassionately weaves evidenced-based nutrition information and intuitive eating strategies when working with clients, also paying close attention to other important factors - physical activity, sleep, stress, and YOU, the whole person. She believes that healthy behaviors can develop at any size; that while we all have room for improvements unique to our own self, we also have the capacity to take life-giving steps that can snowball into life-long change and better quality of life.

Your first session with Julie

At your initial session with Julie, she will begin with a comprehensive nutrition assessment. She’ll get to know you and your health interests by asking you many questions to understand your medical history, nutrition and lifestyle habits, and other important topics relevant to your care. She’ll also discuss your goals and perceived barriers to success, and your top concerns that she will address in upcoming visits. Together you will set individualized short-term and long-term goals for sustainable lifestyle change tailored to your own needs; you’ll walk away with an action plan to get you started toward your own unique health goals.

Location

📍 Indianapolis, Indiana

Education

-Dual Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics and Nutrition, Fitness, & Health, Purdue University + Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Purdue University

Hobbies

Julie loves experimenting and playing in the kitchen, dabbling into food photography and blogging on her new-ish gluten free food & nutrition website, The Marching Apron! She also loves being physically active, getting outside each day, summer gardening, traveling to new places, watching her kids grow and perform in their high school marching band, and playing with her family’s two cats, Gus & Ivy!

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