Specialties
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Heart health
- Help losing weight
- Gestational diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- General health
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Weight loss medications
Approaches
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Meal planning🔍
Research-focused
Identifies as
- Christian
- White
- Female
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“felt like she listened and asked intuitive questions to fully understand my goals, my lifestyle, and issues i've been having“
June 20th, 2024“Great session with Shannon. She was very thorough in wanting to understand my personal and medical history as well as my nutrition goals. It was my first time seeing a registered dietitian so I didn't know what to expect! She was empathetic, compassionate, and action oriented.“
July 10th, 2024“I enjoy my hour with Shannon Weston. She always has new information for me to eat healthier and make it easy“
July 14th, 2024
About Shannon
Shannon Pedersen is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist. She graduated with a degree in Dietetics from San Francisco State University and earned her graduate degree in Public Health with an emphasis in nutrition from Loma Linda University. Shannon has 15 years of professional experience as a dietitian and diabetes educator in areas of lifestyle research, clinical outpatient counseling, diabetes self-management education, community programming, culinary medicine and academia.
Approach to care
Shannon combines evidenced-based nutrition science with individualized and practical strategies to help clients improve self-efficacy and feel confident in their nutrition choices.
Your first session with Shannon
Your initial session with Shannon includes a nutrition assessment. She will ask many questions to better understand your medical history, nutritional preferences, lifestyle, goals and expectations. This information will help Shannon craft a personalized and comprehensive nutrition plan with you during follow-up appointments.
Education
Master in Public Health (Nutrition), Loma Linda University; Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, San Francisco State University
Hobbies
Spending time with friends and family, traveling.
Licenses and Certifications
CDCES - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
LD - Licensed Dietitian
MPH - Master of Public Health
RD - Registered Dietitian