Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Christi Coy, MS, RDN, CSOWM, NASM-CPT, FAND is the registered dietitian
nutritionist for the Weight Management Division of Mission Heritage Medical
Group. She is Board Certified in Obesity and Weight Management and a Certified
Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She
is also a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Christi has
over 20 years of experience counseling patients and teaching and facilitating
groups for behavior changes, including over eleven years of teaching weight
management classes. She has extensive training in motivational interviewing
and group facilitation.
Her prior experience includes serving as lead nutritionist for the UC Irvine
Women's Health Initiative, a major national clinical trial including
over 160,000 postmenopausal women nationwide. She was also the research
dietitian for the UC Irvine Women's Intervention Nutrition Study and
the Dietitian Case Manager for the UCI Metabolic Clinic in the Department
of Pediatrics.
In addition to her work in the Weight Management Division, Christi currently
serves as Associate Faculty at Saddleback College, teaching three nutrition
classes each semester. She is the current education chair for the Orange
District of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has
also held the positions of president and nominating committee co-chair.
Christi holds the following degrees and certifications:
- Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND)
- Board Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management (CSOWM)
- Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Academy of Sports
Medicine (NASM)
- Certificate of Training in Vegetarian Nutrition
- Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management
- Master of Science (MS) in Nutritional Science from California State University,
Long Beach
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) through the Commission on Dietetic
Registration
- Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Food Administration, Minor in Chemistry
from California State University, Long Beach
For questions regarding the Weight Management Division, contact Christi
directly at
Christi.Coy@stjoe.org