PEDIATRIC NUTRITION COUNSELING

Janet Kopchinski, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with over 15 years of experience in pediatric nutrition and has been with Be Well IHS since 2013.

• She earned her bachelor’s degree, with a concentration in Dietetics, from Rutgers University and completed her Dietetic Internship with NewYork-Presbyterian Nutrition.
• She worked at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center for 10 years where she managed the nutrition care of many medically complex patients.
• Janet is a published author in medical journals, and has presented many lectures on Pediatric Nutrition in various settings.
• She is a contributing author to The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies & Toddlers: Practical Answers to Your Questions on Nutrition, Starting Solids, Allergies, Picky Eating, and More (Porto & DiMaggio, Ten Speed Press, 2016).
• Janet obtained a Certificate of Training in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Janet is experienced in providing medical nutritional therapy for the following nutritional issues:
• Normal Pediatric Nutrition 0-18 years
• Improving Diet for Health
• Growth issues
• Picky Eating
• Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
• Food Allergies
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Enteral Nutrition and Blenderized Diets
• Family Feeding Dynamics
• And more!