Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN of Brooklyn-based Maya Feller Nutrition is a registered dietitian nutritionist who works with patients who need weight management and those looking for nutritional management of diet-related chronic illnesses with medical nutrition therapy.  Maya received her masters of science in clinical nutrition at New York University, where she is adjunct faculty in the Department of Nutrition Food Studies and Public Health. .When working one on one and with groups, Maya believes in meeting the whole person where they are and using a patient-centered, culturally sensitive approach to effect agency and enable each client to meet their unique nutrition-related goals. Maya believes that by making simple food choices, you can greatly reduce your risk of developing a diet-related chronic disease. Half of all Americans suffer from preventable chronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cancer, and stroke. To address this difficult and complex epidemic, Maya is dedicated to promoting nutrition education that helps the public to make informed food choices that support health and longevity. Maya shares her approachable, real food-based solutions to millions of people through regular speaking engagements, writing in local and national publications, via her social media account on Instagram, @mayafellerRD and as a national nutrition expert on Good Morning America,  Dr. Oz and more. She is the author of The Southern Comfort Food Diabetes Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes for a Healthy Life which released on October 1, 2019.