Your Dietitian:

Who am I?

Dietician practice Mirjam van Egmond has been based in Bodegraven since 2003. Shortly afterwards also in Zegveld and later in Woerden.

The dieticians graduated in 1987 and have a great deal of experience, expertise, are quality registered in the Paramedics Quality Register and are members of the NVD.

Read more under specializations to find out what expertise the practice has.


The practice has 4 locations, 3 of which are in Bodegraven and 1 in Zwammerdam.

The practice works together with all general practitioners in Bodegraven, Woerden, Zegveld and the surrounding area and is affiliated with the care programs for Diabetes Mellitus, CVRM and COPD (Mediis and Regiozorg Nu - Care Circles).

From the Bodegraven Medical Center we work together with various specialists from the Groene Hart Hospital in Gouda.


The dieticians follow many refresher courses (post HBO) in the field of professional technique and guidance, so that you are assured of advice and guidance of the best quality. The dietitians are also affiliated with national networks, including KDOO, the Cardiology and Bariatric Surgery network.


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Mirjam van Egmond - van Dijk

Dietitian and owner

Mirjam van Egmond - van Dijk, dietician and practice owner.

Since graduating from the HBO Nutrition and Dietetics at the Hague University of Applied Sciences in 1987, she has gained a lot of experience in the field of nutrition, diet, exercise and guidance / coaching.
She has worked in hospitals and started her own practice at home in 2003. She also trained as an aerobics and fitness instructor. She has given group lessons at gyms for years, varying in classes such as BBB, steps, spinning, exercising with overweight, Bodypump, Zumba, etc. She can therefore advise you well about the possibilities for exercising in your area and will look with you at what you like. find things to do and what is feasible (that doesn't have to be a gym).
In addition to nutritional and dietary advice in the event of illness and health, she also looks further, at people as a whole. Lifestyle - sleeping, relaxation, smoking, alcohol and exercise is also part of the treatment. And other aspects that influence eating behavior, such as work situation, family situation, etc.

She is a member of the DM, CVRM and heart failure expert group of REOS in Leiden.
She is also a member of the dietician networks Midden Holland, Network Bariatric Surgery and Knowledge Center Dietitians Overweight and Obesity and Dutch Working Group Dieticians Cardiology.
Educations:
Nutrition and dietetics: 4 year HBO education 1987
all round aerobics and fitness instructor

post HBO courses, among others.:
Direct Access Dietetics
Nutrition and Diabetes and intensive insulin therapy, carbohydrate restriction, use of GLP-1/Ozempic, level 4 (highest level)
Nutrition in CVRM, cardiovascular disease, member of the national network Dieticians Cardiology
Nutrition in COPD
Overweight/obese children
Motivational Interviewing
Nutrition in oncology
Food allergy and food hypersensitivity
Irritable bowel
Fodmap diet and Sibo diet
Kidney diseases, renal insufficiency
Bariatric Surgery, nutrition before and after surgery
Overweight-Obesity, member of the national network Dieticians KDOO
Medication and Nutrition, in-depth training course with specialization DM and CVRM
Vulnerable elderly
Dietitian in the Exercise Cure
The transition, nutritional consequences
Demonstrably effective, goal setting and evaluation

Other:
Participation in scientific research, participation Nivel
Intervision
Providing training to doctors, POH and fellow dieticians
member of expert group DM and CVRM (Reos)
member of national networks: KDOO (overweight and obesity), NWDC (network dieticians cardiology)