Meg Burnham

Meg is a registered dietitian/nutritionist (RDN) and licensed in the state of Illinois (LDN). She earned her master's degree in nutrition and dietetics at NIU and has been working in the field of wellness and sports nutrition since 2006. Meg is a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD) through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a certified intuitive eating counselor.

Meg provides care to NIU students with disordered eating behaviors or other complex medical conditions. She works with Campus Dining Services, coordinating alternate dietary accommodations for students with food allergies, intolerances or other medical diets. Her areas of additional training focus on intuitive eating, disordered eating and sports nutrition.

Meg provides guidance and supervision to the nutrition coaches at NIU Recreation. She has a passion to help clients find joy in food, all while balancing good nutrition with good taste and trains her nutrition coaches to do the same.