Dr. Rūta Petereit

Dietitian Rūta Petereit, MD, PhD.

Education and Qualification

• 2004-2005 – Internist at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital
• 2005-2008 – Dietology Residency at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital;
• 2009-2013 – Gastroenterology Doctorant at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
• 2014 June 27 defended Doctoral degree in medical sciences “Nutrition habits, adherence to dietary recommendations and factors leading to weight loss and return after surgery”
• 2019 February – Graduate of the Introductory Psychotherapy Course (Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy) at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) Behavioural Medicine Clinic (4800 hours);
• 2019 March – Basic training in motivational interviewing;

Publications

• 2012 – Patients knowledge about nutrition and vitamin and mineral use after gastric bypass;  
• 2013 – Modern opinion about obesity nutrition. Gastroenterology and Hepatology;
• 2014 – Nutrition in pregnancy after bariatric surgery;
• 2014 – Gastrointestinal symptoms and eating behaviour among morbidly obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass;
• 2016 – Lactase non-persistence is directed by DNA-variation-dependent epigenetic aging.

Work activity

• 2007-2014 – Assistant at Gastroenterology Department at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
• Since 2008 – Dietology physician at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
• Since 2014 – Lecturer at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
• Since 2016 January 22 – President of the Lithuanian Society of Nutritionists;
• Since 2016 September – President of the Lithuanian Overweight and Obesity Association “Lobesity”.

Other

Areas of clinical, scientific and pedagogical work: treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adults, nutritional correction after gastric reduction operations, enteral and parenteral nutrition.

The dietitian speaks fluent English.