Lorena Drago, MS, RDN, CDN, CDE

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Jan 21 2009

Y Yo que Pensé que la Avena era Saludable – La Charla del Ascensor

¿Cuantas veces se ha encontrado en esta situación? Recientemente asistí a una fiesta a donde un familiar me pidió ayuda nutricional. Alarmada, me comentó que el médico le había informado a su esposo que su nivel de glucosa estaba casi al borde y que debería ponerle atención a su alimentación. … [Read more...]

Jan 21 2009

I Thought Oatmeal was Healthy – The Nutrition Elevator Speech

How many times has this happened to you? I recently attended a party where a relative asked me for nutritional guidance. Alarmed, she told me that her husband's doctor informed him that his blood glucose level was "borderline"  and he needed to "watch what he ate." Between sipping Merlot and … [Read more...]

Jan 21 2009

Nutrition Elevator Speech for People with Diabetes

I recently attended a party where a relative asked me for nutritional guidance. Her husband's doctor informed him that his blood glucose was "borderline" and he needed "to watch what he ate." I thought about my carbohydrate elevator speech. Yes, the one that all diabetes educators and registered … [Read more...]

Jan 02 2009

Best Culturally Competent Communication Tools

How do you become culturally proficient? Do you know which questions to ask? Culturally competent interventions are efficacious in improving clinical and behavioral outcomes. Best Culturally Competent Communication Tools (PDF) provides you with tips to make your next cross-cultural encounter a … [Read more...]

Dec 27 2008

Health and Nutrition Counseling Tips: How to Engage your Client

Suppose you are teaching "Managing Cholesterol." Most health educators feel they need to "cover" everything they know about managing cholesterol. Others feel they need to teach everything the client needs to know. Effective teaching, focuses on what the client/patient needs to DO to learn key … [Read more...]

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About Lorena Drago

Lorena Drago, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES, is a registered dietitian, speaker, author, consultant and certified diabetes care and educator specialist. 

Lorena specializes in the multicultural aspects of diabetes self-management education and is an expert in developing culturally and ethnically oriented nutrition and diabetes education materials. She founded, Hispanic Foodways which received the New York City Small Business Award in 2006. She developed the Nutriportion™ Measuring Cups that has the calorie and carbohydrate amounts of common foods embossed on each cup and the Nutriportion™ Hispanic Food Cards that have pictures and nutrition composition of common Hispanic foods.

Lorena served on the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists board of directors from 2006-2010, Chair for Latinos and Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition. She was Past President of the Metropolitan New York Association of Diabetes Educators in 2004. Lorena won the Diabetic Living People’s Choice Award in 2012, the Latinos & Hispanics in Dietetics and Nutrition Trinko Award in 2016, and the Diabetes Educator of the Year in 2022.

She is the author of the book Beyond Rice and Beans: The Caribbean Guide to Eating Well with Diabetes published by the American Diabetes Association. She is a contributing author and co-editor of the book Cultural Food Practices published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the 15-Minute Consultation: Tips, Tools, and Activities to Make your Nutrition Counseling More Effective both published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She serves on the editorial board of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (ADCES) in Practice and is the food editor of Diabetes Self-Management magazine. Lorena is ADCES Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Lorena graduated cum laude from Hunter College of the City University of New York with a Master’s of Science degree in Food and Nutrition and received her Bachelor’s degree from Queens College.

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