Specialties
- Help losing weight
- Healthy aging
- General health
- Weight stabilization
- Emotional eating
- Help gaining weight
- Prediabetes
- Heart health
- Type 2 diabetes
- High blood pressure
Approaches
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Meal planning💛
Relationship with food🔍
Research-focused🤝
Accountability
Insurance
- Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- United Healthcare
- Aetna
- Cigna
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“Attentive and non judgmental, easy tips, listens, focuses on actions and what we can do next“
August 22nd, 2024“Because I look forward to talking to her every Tuesday about food and fitness and it's like talking with an old friend.“
July 6th, 2024“Grateful that she's learning more about my health conditions so she can give me better advice“
August 2nd, 2024
About Lauren
Lauren has been a Dietitian for 10 years including more than 5 years of experience in one-on-one counseling to support nutrition and lifestyle change. Lauren has worked with hundreds of patients with a wide variety of needs including weight management, emotional eating, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Lauren has experience in providing nutrition education for individuals and groups including healthy grocery shopping classes and live TV food demos.
Approach to care
Lauren's focus is to help you build on the things you are already doing well by helping you use food that you like to best serve your body's needs. Using a collaborative approach, she will work with you to help simplify the process of healthy eating. Lauren knows that food is connected to many areas of our lives and she helps you focus both on what you are eating and how you approach your food. Her support may include but is not limited to, recipe modification, meal planning ideas, and support for changing your mindset around food.
Your first session with Lauren
Lauren will invite you to tell her how you want to be helped. By learning more about your goals, health needs, food preferences, and lifestyle, she will work together with you to make the shifts you need to feel your best. Expect to take a close look at how you are currently eating and make practical changes one step at a time that will add up to a healthier you. You will leave each session with a goal or two to practice to keep working towards your long term outcomes.
Location
📍 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Education
B.S. Dietetics-Olivet Nazarene University Dietetic Internship completed through University of Michigan Hospitals Culinary Nutrition Certification through Culinary Nutrition Studio
Hobbies
Hiking, cooking, skiing