Lizette Taboada, RD, LD
Nutrition and Behavior Change Lead, Integrated Behavioral Health
Registered Dietitian, Musculoskeletal Institute
Registered Dietitian, Women’s Health
Spanish
The University of Texas at Austin, BS, Nutrition
Internship, Dietetics, The University of Texas at Austin, Coordinated Program in Dietetics
Biography and Education
Clinical Biography
Lizette Taboada, RD, LD, is a registered dietitian in both Women’s Health, a clinical partnership between Ascension and UT Health Austin, and UT Health Austin’s Musculoskeletal Institute. She also serves as the Nutrition and Behavior Change Lead for UT Health Austin’s Integrated Behavioral Health care team. She specializes in nutrition education and dietary counseling focused on weight management, gastrointestinal issues, and diabetes.
Lizette Taboada earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition from The University of Texas at Austin, where she completed a dietetic internship through the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.
Lizette Taboada has 18 years of experience working with multidisciplinary teams and in the community as a clinical dietitian. Her previous roles included Dell Children’s Medical Center’s Childhood Obesity Program, the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Program, and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program. When counseling patients, she combines a patient-centered approach and motivational interviewing techniques to empower patients to achieve healthy lifestyle changes. Her main goal is to support patients by creating healthy eating habits as they strive for a better quality of life.
Lizette Taboada is a registered dietitian with UT Health Austin.
Specializations
- Dietary counseling
- Motivational interviewing
- Nutrition education
Board Certification
- Commission on Dietetic Registration, Certificate of Training in Obesity in Pediatrics and Adults
- Commission on Dietetic Registration, Registered Dietitian
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Licensed Dietitian
Locations
Locations
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UT Health Austin Clinics
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Dermatology
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Gynecologic Oncology
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 8th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery - UT Health Austin
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Obstetrics and Gynecology - UT Health Austin
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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Women’s Health - Urogynecology - UT Health Austin
Health Transformation Building
1601 Trinity Street, Bldg. A, 9th Floor
Austin, TX 78712
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