We Are Here to Help

To ensure that our on-campus residents have uninterrupted access to vital diet and nutrition information, Carole Bartolotto, our registered dietitian, is available for consultation Tuesday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to  6 p.m. Please contact her at AsktheRD@ha.ucla.edu to schedule an appointment.

About the Dietitian

Carole Bartolotto is a registered dietitian with a lot of passion for food and nutrition. Before joining UCLA, she was a senior consultant at Kaiser Permanente who oversaw the development of publications and educational materials and managed health education programs and projects related to health, diet and cardiovascular disease. She has also published articles on the plant-based diet and sugar and artificial sweeteners in the peer-reviewed Permanente Journal, written for Kaiser Permanente and Yahoo Food and been featured in Elle Magazine and CNN.com.

Additionally, she has spoken at many conferences, symposia, and webinars on a variety of nutrition-related topics. In 2014, Carole became an adjunct professor for Pepperdine University where she taught Nutrition 210: Contemporary Issues in Nutrition. She also created and implemented a plant-based Diabetes Prevention Program.

A California native, Carole earned a bachelor’s degree in dietetics/nutrition and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from California State University, Northridge. She is enthusiastic about helping others move towards eating a healthy, sustainable diet with more plant foods and less animal foods for both human and planetary health.