Wangari Gichuhi

Wangari’s profile

Experience

Clinical practice: entails diet planning to support change and manage different medical conditions. Community outreach i.e. churches, corporate institutions and different groups. I work with organizations to offer education and sensitive teams on nutrition assessment and discuss wellness programs they could adopt. wellness packages for nutrition education and assessment and local newspaper articles to sensitize the public on healthy lifestyle modification to prevent disease

Working area

Health

Specializations

Health

Introduction

I am a registered Dietitian currently practicing at The Nairobi Hospital for the last 8 years now. I hold a Bsc. Foods Nutrition and Dietetics and Post graduate Diploma in Pediatric nutrition. My knowledge and experience has build my inter-personal skills and refined my counseling skills therewith. Assisting clients adopt healthy eating habits and build consistency is my motivation. I work with corporate organizations, churches and different groups to offer education and sensitive teams on nutrition assessment and discuss wellness programs they could adopt. Nutrition education is my passion; motivating my clients and personalized care supports my clients even further in their wellness journey. Total lifestyle modification to incorporate nutrition and health is the goal. I have gone through specialized training on steps to weight management, dietary intake to manage medical conditions and critical care nutrition. These exposure has enable my approach as a dietitian to not just be limited to diet alone but also more inclined to wellness amongst different age groups depending on health risks associated.

Process

Nutrition care process. (Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention and Monitoring) Blended approach i.e. both Video chat/ conferencing and text based sessions

Languages

English and Swahili

Experience Levels

Senior

Rates

100,- to 150,- Euro per hour, Discount for private, and Discount for non-profit

Work environment

Pluform