Specialties
- Autoimmune disease
- Bariatric surgery
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Disordered eating
- Emotional eating
- General health
- Gestational diabetes
- Gut health
- Healthy aging
- Heart health
- Help gaining weight
- Help losing weight
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Kidney disease
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Prediabetes
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Vegan/vegetarian
- Weight loss medications / GLP-1s
- Weight stabilization
- Women's health
Approaches
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Functional medicineπ§ͺ
Lab testingπ
Research-focusedπ€
Accountability
Identifies as
- Christian
- Middle Eastern / North African
- Female
Cuisines / Diets
- Mediterranean
- Middle Eastern
- Vegetarian
Minimum patient age
About Raghda
Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist, Doctor of Clinical Nutrition with over 17 years of experience in clinical nutrition and nutrition education. Obtained Master's degree in Nutrition from Brooklyn College, CUNY, and a doctorate degree in Clinical Nutrition from Rutgers University. Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Specialized in diabetes management, weight management, cardiovascular disease, gut health, healthy aging, and integrative and functional nutrition.
Approach to care
Provide individualized, holistic , compassionate, and evidence-based medical nutrition therapy, nutrition counseling, and nutrition education to a variety individuals from different cultural backgrounds and age groups. Build life long healthy eating and lifestyle habits.
Your first session with Raghda
Expect to be able to built professional rapport with the patient/client, conduct comprehensive nutrition assessment, and provide individualized nutrition intervention, depending on the problem. Set up short-term SMART goals in order to achieve long-term goals.
Location
π Staten Island, New York
Education
Master's in Nutrition, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Hobbies
Reading, music, learning about different cultures, languages
Licenses and Certifications
CDCES - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
DCN - Doctor of Clinical Nutrition
LD - Licensed Dietitian
MS - Master of Science
RD - Registered Dietitian