Eliza Heberlein, RD is an anti-diet dietitian, who practices trauma informed care using a Health at Every Size® approach. Eliza earned her Bachelors degree in Nutritional Sciences from Rutgers University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors.  She completed her ten month supervised practice at Stony Brook University’s dietetic internship program, where she gained experience working in a variety of settings, including clinical and outpatient nutrition. 

Eliza’s previous experience includes working as a per diem clinical dietitian at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, and as a private practice dietitian, in a small practice in Pennsylvania. Eliza has spent the last seven years working as a nutrition therapist in the eating disorder unit at RWJ University Hospital in Somerset, NJ. During this time, Eliza gained extensive experience, working in both the inpatient and partial hospitalization programs, supporting people of all ages and all walks of life as they began the process of healing from their eating disorder.

Currently, Eliza maintains her own private practice, where she works with clients who are struggling with eating issues, supporting them in their healing journey as they build a better relationship with food and their bodies.

From a young age, Eliza’s appreciation for human connection, gardening, cooking, food traditions, and the sciences, drew her to the field of dietetics. This prompted her to explore the many ways in which she can support clients as they improve the quality of their lives through the development of a more supportive relationship with food and their bodies. With her desire for greater knowledge and her constant drive to enhance her abilities as a practicing registered dietitian, Eliza is always striving to achieve expertise in all aspects of nutritional sciences. Eliza is also continually working to better understand the intersectionality of eating disorders and disordered eating, as she feels passionate about supporting the broader social justice movement for systemic change. She regularly attends continuing education events within both the nutrition community in attempts to gain insight and wisdom from her fellow dietitian colleagues and other clinicians.  As nutrition is such a progressive and important field, keeping up with the current research and practices allows Eliza to continue to share this evolving knowledge with her patients. 

In her free time, Eliza loves spending time with family and friends, watching Netflix, reading, enjoying nature, doing yard work, traveling, cooking, and experiencing new food cultures.