Noor Shakeel | Clinical Dietitian, Lahore – Pakistan

Noor Shakeel is a Dietitian who has a strong interest in clinical nutrition, patient counselling and nutrition education. She has an academic background in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, practical experience in clinical nutrition and research. She holds a BS (Hons.) Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and M.Phil in Food and Nutrition from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS). She has a strong interest in clinical nutrition, dietary assessment, individualised meal planning, preventive healthcare and nutrition education.

As a Dietitian in IMAHRKMI, she aims to provide people with accessible nutrition advice through patient consultations and international nutrition related webinars. She hopes to provide patients with accurate information to make informed decisions about healthy diet and lifestyle.

Education

Through her studies, Noor has gained a strong knowledge of nutrition throughout different stages of human life, human biology, dietary assessment, medical nutrition therapy, disease management, drug-nutrient interactions and how nutrition affects health. She has a deeper understanding of different diets and how they impact health. Her postgraduate studies in Food and Nutrition have given her more of an insight into nutrition related research and current issues surrounding nutrition.

Noor has taken further courses to ensure her knowledge is up to date regarding nutrition. These courses include:

Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food, Stanford University
Cooking for Busy Healthy People, Stanford University
Weight Management, Beyond Balancing Calories, Emory University
Adolescent Nutrition and Anaemia Course, Nutrition International
Adult Malnutrition in the Critical Care Setting: Utilizing Nutrition Focused Physical Exam in the ICU, Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI)
Enteral Nutrition Certificate of Training, Abbott Nutrition Health Institute (ANHI)
Nutrition, Diet and Cancer, World Health Organization (WHO)

Experience

Noor obtained various professional trainings from different hospitals of Lahore including:

Diabetes Management Center, Services Hospital
Fatima Memorial Hospital
Shalamar Hospital

This helped her gain practical experience in direct patient interaction and dealing, meal planning, patient counseling and providing support with clinical nutrition. She had experience within outpatient, inpatient, ICU, HDU and other specialist wards.

As a Dietitian at IMAHRKMI, Noor’s main role is to provide patients with nutrition advice. She aims to understand their concerns and assess their nutritional needs. She will then provide them with recommendations on how to improve their diet in a practical way. She wants to ensure her advice is easy to understand and will help them in their everyday lives.

Community Work

Noor has experience in nutrition education. She worked as a Field Nutritionist at Abbott Nutrition. She ran awareness sessions and nutrition camps focusing on child’s nutrition.

Research Work

Noor has experience in health-related research. She worked as a Research Officer at the Center for Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCD) – INMOL Cancer Hospital. She interacted with patients and worked on a research project called “Pakistan Genomic Resource on the Etiology and Progression of Complex Traits and Outcomes (PGR)”. Her other research work includes:

Knowledge, Patterns and Clinical Implications of Dietary Supplement Use among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes in Lahore, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Nutritional Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Among Pregnant Women Visiting the Antenatal Outpatient Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Psychosocial and Psychological Factors affecting Dietary Habits and Intake of University Students in Lahore, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Dietary Habits and Physical Inactivity among Young Adults in Lahore, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

To her, evidence-based practice means providing nutrition advice whilst understanding the science behind it. To provide effective recommendations they must also be practical. She values research, continuing professional development and responsible health communication to improve the quality of nutrition advice.

IMAHRKMI

As a Dietitian at IMAHRKMI, she is helping to achieve their goals of providing professional education, sharing knowledge, launching nutrition related courses and working within a multi-disciplinary team. An important part of her role is conducting international webinars on nutrition related topics. She aims to provide essential information about nutrition, debunk common myths and help people make informed decisions about their health. Sometimes it can be hard to know whether nutrition advice is accurate due to misinformation. She aims to provide clear, interesting and easy to understand information. She hopes to create engaging discussions with her international audience and raise awareness around nutrition and make people’s lives better.

Online Consultancy

Via the platform of IMAHRKMI, you can book a consultation call with Dn. Noor Shakeel. Her online coaching program includes:

An initial consultation call
Detailed history and assessment
Customized meal planning and recipe guidelines
Customized work out plans
Follow ups and accountability
24/7 WhatsApp support
Guidelines on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle amidst busy routine

Her area of expertise include weight management (weight loss/gain), PCOS/PMOS, diabetes, hypertension, food intolerances, pregnancy and lactation and other diet related disorders.

Personal Philosophy

As a Dietitian, Noor believes nutrition should go beyond what you eat and counting calories. It should help people understand what they need to eat, create healthy habits and make sustainable changes. She values compassionate, individualised and evidence-based advice. She understands that people have busy lives so she wants to provide practical advice that fits around their lifestyle, food preferences, culture and health concerns. Her vision is to help create an environment where accurate nutrition information is more accessible, patients feel supported to make changes to their diet and preventative nutrition is focused on. She has a combination of clinical experience, research, postgraduate studies and health communication to help her continue to develop her skills and make a positive impact on patient care and nutrition education. Overall, she id0 excited to help patients with personalised nutrition advice, provide education through international webinars, launch nutrition related courses and work with healthcare professionals to provide informed, responsible and practical nutrition advice.