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Specialty:: Clinical Nutrition
Department Affiliation:: Medicine
State License:: 86063099
Phone:: 310-825-8173
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me: Dina Ben-Nissan is a registered dietitian nutritionist in Westwood. She practices in the division of Clinical Nutrition and in UCLA's Risk Factor Obesity (RFO) program. Dina received her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from UCLA, and her master's degree in Nutrition, Healthspan, and Longevity from USC. As part of her master's program, Dina spent time in Italy studying healthy aging and nutrition's role in longevity. Dina's primary area of practice involves both prevention and treatment of obesity related diseases. She has great interest in utilizing lifestyle modifications to improve health outcomes.
Links: uclahealth.org/clinicalnutrition
uclahealth.org/clinicalnutrition/rfo

Primary Office: RFO Weight Management Program
1000 Veteran Ave.
Suite A641
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone: 310-825-8173

Internship: Nutrition, USC Keck School of Medicine, 2015-2016
Degree: USC, MS, 2016

Interests

Cancer Associated Malnutrition
Cholesterol
Cholesterol in the Blood
The cholesterol in your blood comes from the foods you eat and your liver. Your liver makes all of the cholesterol your body needs. It helps your body make cell membranes, many hormones, and vitamin D.
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Diabetes
Diagnosing Diabetes
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: People over age 45 should be tested for prediabetes or diabetes. If the first blood glucose test is normal, they should be retested every 3 years. If you are younger, you should be tested if you are at high risk.
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General Clinical Nutrition
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls. The force is created with each heartbeat as blood is pumped from the heart into the blood vessels. Blood pressure is also affected by the size of the artery walls and how elastic they are. Each time the heart beats (contracts and relaxes), pressure is created inside the arteries. High blood pressure, or hypertension, increases the risk for coronary heart disease (heart attack) and stroke (brain attack).
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Malnutrition
Nutrition Counseling for Cancer Prevention
Nutrition to Reduce Cancer Risk
Eating lots of brightly colored fruits and vegetables, whole grains and cereals, and beans containing phytochemicals may decrease the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
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Obesity
Obesity
Detailed information on obesity, including obesity causes, obesity health effects, obesity medical treatment, obesity surgical treatment, maintaining weight loss, and obesity prevention
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Cholesterol in the Blood

Diagnosing Diabetes

High Blood Pressure/Hypertension

Nutrition to Reduce Cancer Risk

Obesity