Kayla Abella RDN

How my journey began

Kayla's passion for nutrition stemmed from her own struggles with digestive conditions growing up. She graduated Montclair State University with a Bachelors of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics and went on to complete her dietetic internship with Sodexo. Her internship took place during the rise of the pandemic where she was challenged with caring for a wide variety of patients including intubated COVID patients in the ICU. During her rotations she worked with many different patients including pediatrics, eating disorder, gastrointestinal conditions, diabetes, heart disease and weight loss. She completed her clinical experience at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey and her outpatient rotations with three different local private practices.

After completing her internship requirements she passed her registered dietitian credentialing exam and began building her private practice. Kayla's private practice, Nutrikay Wellness, specializes in pediatrics and women's health but cares for all patients needs. Kayla's love for pediatric nutrition stemmed from her 10 years of experience babysitting and nannying in the Cranford/Westfield area. She has dedicated a lot of her continuing education and research to pediatrics and women's health as well. Her approach to counseling is 100% client-centered and each nutrition plan is catered to the individual in order to create sustainable and achievable results. She strives to make her clients feel comfortable, seen and heard. 

”My approach to care stems from the motivational interviewing technique which includes providing my clients with nutrition information so that they can have autonomy over their wellness. I strive to meet my clients where they are in their health journey to support life-long results.”

If you are ready to take the first step in getting to the root cause, managing your conditions with healthy diet and lifestyle and changing your life, reach out to me via email, phone or direct message and set up your free 15 minute consultation call!

Kayla Abella is a licensed/credentialed dietitian in Florida, Illinois, New York, New Jersey and Texas.

What People Are Saying

  • CM

    Kayla’s nutrition education sparked my children’s excitement about food!

  • DC

    She is clear and helpful. She knows her stuff.

  • MV

    Kayla is so amazing! She opened the doors to unlimited options and allowed me to learn what it truly means to be healthy and to eat correctly. It’s a blessing to have her as my coach. She is responsive, informative and understanding. There’s no judgement and we need that. Especially when it’s something we struggle with, it’s wonderful to have hope again!

  • JK

    Kayla is very knowledgable and explains everything in great detail!

  • MD

    I like that she listens and she’s very understanding. She also fixes the problems and get straight to it.

  • MM

    Kayla helped us find quick and easy solutions for food options for our daughter when she wasn’t wanting any of the food we’d been giving her for months. She helped guide us on the necessary protein and iron amounts our daughter should be getting and then helped us come up with a plan to make sure our daughter was eating enough nutritious food. Would recommend!!

  • SB

    Kayla is amazing! She has been so knowledgable and full of great information and advice for nutrition for my daughter. She has made this whole process of nutrition and food changes easy! I highly recommend her for anyone or any parent who is need of a RD!

  • KG

    I absolutely love working with Kayla! She has an amazing personality and ability to build rapport with her clients! She has helped me to manage the stomach pains that I have been experiencing for years now, create strategies for healthier eating that work with my crazy schedule, and is overall very supportive.

Our relationship with food is equally as important as the food we consume.

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Tired of being in pain? Struggling to find the right solution to your health concerns? Losing your love and enjoyment of food?