Kristina Dunkley, Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist

Kristina Dunkley, Registered Dietitian

Services

ON, NS, NB & the Territories

Kristina specializes in the following areas:

Kristina also provides nutritional counselling in the following areas:

Chronic disease:

  • Hypertension
  • Fatty liver, NAFLD
  • High cholesterol, heart failure, heart disease
  • Bariatric nutrition counselling (pre- and post-op)
  • Renal Nutrition education and counselling regarding a low potassium and phosphorous diet, diet modifications and supplementation for peritoneal or hemodialysis, nutrition counselling post-renal transplant
  • Oncology nutrition before, during and after radiation and/or chemotherapy
  • Osteoporosis
  • Triglycerides

Digestion:

Special diets:

Women’s health:

Other:

  • Nutritional support for autism
  • ADHD support of a dietitian
  • Adolescent nutrition
  • Family nutrition
  • Graves’ Disease
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Weight gain
  • Prostate health
  • Thyroid health
  • Geriatric nutrition with a focus on diet modifications for dysphagia or chewing difficulties and diet adjustments to preserve muscle mass

Watch: Kristina discusses her nutritional counselling services.

Provides services to the residents of Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the 3 territories.

Qualifications

Kristina Dunkley, Registered Dietitian, MScFN, RD

Kristina Dunkley is a graduate of the Masters of Science in Food and Nutrition program at Western University where she completed both research and an integrated accredited dietetic practicum which included placements across Ontario to become a Registered Dietitian (RD).

She is also licensed with the College of Dietitians of Ontario and an active member in the dietetics community.

History

A Toronto native based in Ottawa, Kristina has a keen interest in all things nutrition. This fuels her drive to provide exemplary nutrition counselling with all clients and collaboration with other health practitioners.

Provided the opportunity to treat patient’s with multiple nutrition concerns from many cultures and backgrounds, Kristina has gained significant knowledge and expertise with nutritional management for a variety of health conditions. These include but are not limited to pediatric care, IBD, pre/post-natal care, eating disorders, weight management and many more.

As a Registered Dietitian, Kristina offers client-centred personalized nutrition counselling using an evidence-based approach to provide thorough nutritional care. Kristina enjoys collaborating with clients using realistic interventions to meet individual goals.

As an immigrant herself, Kristina has a strong working knowledge of Caribbean food and culture as well as other international cuisines thanks to her many placements across the province with different ethnic populations. As a result, she is an ideal practitioner for individuals from different cultures seeking to change their dietary habits.

With all that being said Kristina is a well-rounded dietitian whose multifaceted experiences bring a lot to the table for you and our clients.

✓  Virtual nutritional counselling

✓  In-person nutritional counselling

Kristina provides in-person nutritional counselling out of the JM Nutrition Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata office as well as virtual sessions. See it on Google: JM Nutrition Ottawa Dietitian Office