Lauren Capello – Associate Performance Dietitian – Swimming & Diving Assist Workers

Lauren Capello joined the Cougars as an Associate Performance Dietitian in August 2023. She offers assessments and counseling to student-athletes to assist guarantee sufficient diet for optimum efficiency and general well being.

 

Capello arrived in Houston following time with the Eating Recovery Center. As a Registered Dietitian with the Center, Capello was tasked with offering medical diet remedy for partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient sufferers. This included creating meal plans whereas additionally working with different care suppliers to make sure distinctive take care of sufferers. 

 

While in graduate faculty, Capello labored with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee for a yr. With the OSOPC, Capello created displays and supplied counseling to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes, serving to guarantee their weight-reduction plan matched their sport’s fueling necessities. She additionally demonstrated cooking strategies whereas creating content material for social media and print media to coach athletes on greatest practices. 

 

Prior to the USOPC, Capello labored with the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs Wellness Center as a Registered Dietitian and Graduate Assistant in addition to with the University of Texas’ Performance Nutrition Department as a Dietetic Intern. With UCCS, she assisted freshmen athletes and the Men’s Basketball program in a wide range of roles. At Texas, she supplied diet counseling to Football and Basketball student-athletes, created instructional supplies and supplied counseling for student-athletes for dietary targets.

 

Capello is a Registered Dietitian by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a Licensed Dietitian in Texas and Maryland. She acquired her bachelor’s diploma in dietary sciences from the University of Texas and along with her grasp’s diploma in sport diet from Colorado – Colorado Springs.