BreakThru

Kelsey Higgins, MS, RDN, LD is a licensed and registered dietitian nutritionist residing in Nashville, TN with her husband, Andrew. She is a 2015 graduate from Georgia State University where she completed her Master of Science in Nutrition while simultaneously completing the Coordinated Program in Dietetics consisting of over 1200 hours of supervised practice. Throughout her supervised practice rotations, Kelsey gained invaluable experience in various outpatient and community settings as well as experience working with high school athletes and their sports nutrition needs.

Kelsey started BreakThru Nutrition, LLC to better serve the nutrition needs of clients across the north Georgia area with a one-on-one, individualized approach. Since moving to Nashville in 2018 she is eager to begin helping clients across the state of Tennessee via telehealth services as well as in person appointments in the Nashville area.

She is eager to help others achieve their goals related to nutrition and health. Her passion lies with educating others and helping clients see improvements in their nutrition. Her primary interests include eating disorders, sports nutrition, and a Health At Every Size approach to weight management. Kelsey also has 3 years of experience working as a clinical dietitian where she teaches patients daily about the role of nutrition in health and managing acute and chronic diseases.

Outside of nutrition, volleyball has been a large part of Kelsey's life since she was young. Kelsey played collegiate volleyball at Tennessee Tech University where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology; Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics. Since undergrad she has held numerous coaching positions at the high school and club level, and also continues to play in as many adult volleyball tournaments as she can