Julieanna (Hever) Risse, MS, RD, CPT
ABOUT JULIEANNA (HEVER) Risse
Julieanna Hever Risse, MS, RD, CPT — The Healthspan Dietitian© — is an internationally recognized dietitian, author, speaker, and fitness professional who has spent almost three decades helping people transform their health through evidence-based nutrition, exercise, and sustainable behavior change.
Her approach goes beyond simply losing weight. Julieanna focuses on helping people improve body composition, metabolic health, strength, energy, and long-term healthspan by combining nutrient-dense, plant-forward nutrition with adequate protein, resistance training, and realistic strategies that can actually be maintained in everyday life.
Julieanna holds a Master of Science in Nutrition from California State University, Northridge, and a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. She is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer and the author of nine books, including The Choose You Now Diet, The Healthspan Solution, Plant-Based Nutrition (Idiot’s Guide), and The Vegiterranean Diet. She has also authored and co-authored peer-reviewed articles on plant-based nutrition published in the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology and the Permanente Journal.
Throughout her career, Julieanna has translated nutrition science into practical strategies for audiences around the world. She hosted the television series What Would Julieanna Do?, delivered a TEDx talk, taught for the eCornell Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate Program, served as a nutrition columnist for VegNews, and co-hosted The Choose You Now Podcast and Science and Saucery. Her television appearances include The Dr. Oz Show, Harry, The Steve Harvey Show, E! News, Reluctantly Healthy, Home Sweat Home, and The Marie Osmond Show.
Today, Julieanna continues to share her expertise worldwide through speaking engagements, media appearances, group programs, and one-on-one coaching and consulting. Her work centers on helping people use nutrition, muscle, movement, and sustainable daily habits to not simply live longer, but live stronger and healthier for longer. With an evidence-based, plant-forward approach, she helps individuals cut through nutrition confusion, build healthier relationships with food, establish powerful habits, reclaim vitality, and create meaningful, measurable improvements in their health without chasing perfection, quick fixes, or unsustainable diets.
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Julieanna specializes in weight loss, sports nutrition, as well as disease prevention, management, and reversal. She works with people across the lifespan (from infants to seniors) and with various health concerns and goals. Julieanna guides her clients through a transition to a healthy, whole food, plant-based diet, helping fulfill the goals of:
- Improving chronic health condition
- Achieving and maintaining ideal body weight
- Enhancing sports and exercise performance
- Helping parents feed their children and easing family dietary transition
- Eat healthy on a budget
- Incorporating a balanced, varied, health-promoting diet
Julieanna is available for private, semi-private and group consultations.