Specialties
- Autoimmune disease
- Bariatric surgery
- Celiac disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Disordered eating
- Emotional eating
- Fertility
- General health
- GERD / Acid reflux
- Gestational diabetes
- Gut health
- Healthy aging
- Heart disease
- Heart health
- Help gaining weight
- Help losing weight
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- IBS
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Men's health
- Menopause
- Nutrition support
- PCOS
- Pediatric nutrition
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Prediabetes
- Tube feeding (EN)
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Ulcerative colitis
- UTIs
- Vegan/vegetarian
- Weight loss medications / GLP-1s
- Weight stabilization
- Women's health
Approaches
💤
Sleep🏃
Exercise🔍
Research-focused🤝
Accountability
Identifies as
- Asian / Asian American
Cuisines / Diets
- Indian
- Mediterranean
- Southeast Asian
- Vegetarian
Minimum patient age
About Vanita
I have an extensive background in health education and wellness for over 25 years. I love connecting with clients to "meet them where they are" to provide an open, clear and focused approach to helping them achieve their health goals. I enjoy working as a nutrition coach encouraging clients to make small, realistic lifestyle changes with consistency at the core. I love providing culturally appropriate evidence-based counseling, am well versed in south Asian cuisine, and I am fluent in Hindi as well.
Approach to care
Evidenced-based, Accountability, Weight Neutral, Physical Activity, Relationship to Food, Stress Management, Balanced Nutrition. I aim to provide personalized care with making small changes at a time to gradually work toward attaining your health goals. We are a team and work together every step of the way!
Your first session with Vanita
Getting to know you, your health habits and health goals to be able to work together to help you achieve your optimum health! I will gather information about your health and nutrition history, talk about what your needs and expectations are from our sessions together and set appropriate goals for each session.
Location
📍 Illinois
Education
MS in Health Education, BS in Home Sciences
Hobbies
Cooking, Painting, Singing
Licenses and Certifications
CDCES - Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
LDN - Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
MS - Master of Science
RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
