Kirsten David (MS, RD), is an ADA Certified Registered Dietitian with over 10 years of experience in nutrition and dietetics. She graduated from the University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) with a Bachelors of Science in Dietetics in 2010 and she graduated with a Masters of Science in Sports Nutrition from University of Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO) in 2012. Her passion is to help others achieve a healthy lifestyle and optimal nutrition for performance.
At the University of Missouri-Columbia, Kirsten was a Division 1 Student-Athlete for the swim team. She was an Academic All-Big 12 First Team member, on the Dean's List for 9 semesters and was an Academic All-American.
Kirsten's work experience includes working with members of the military and at-risk patients in acute-care settings. Through her experiences, she's implemented healthy cooking classes, nutrition presentations, meal planning and prepping courses, diabetic and weight management nutrition education and body composition assessments. Kirsten has also contributed to monthly articles on nutrition, sports nutrition and healthy lifestyle to newspapers and newsletters.
Kirsten is a member of CPSDA (Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietetics Association). Her patients appreciate that she has over 10 years of experience with different populations and a wide variety of topics including weight management, diabetes, and sports nutrition.
One of her favorite experiences was taking the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle course at the Apicius Culinary Institute in Florence, Italy (2009).
Why did Kirsten join nodSpecialists? Said she, “I joined nodSpecialists because I believe it has a great multi-disciplinary team of experts who really want to see their patients succeed in their health goals and I am excited to be able to bring the nutrition part of health to this team.”
Kirsten has lived in 5 states: Arizona, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas. She loves to travel, run, hike and play with her dog (Luna).