About
Nyree Dardarian, EdD is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Drexel University and Director of the Center for Nutrition & Performance (CNP). She is a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dardarian is a TEDx speaker, she talks about her experience and the secrets she learned from eating at McDonalds for 30 days.
Dardarian is the Sports Nutritionist for the Philadelphia Flyers (National Hockey League, NHL), the Philadelphia Union (Major League Soccer, MLS), USA Field Hockey, USA Squash, as well as Team USA at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, 2015, and Taipei, Taiwan, 2017, and the 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru).
Dardanian’s work has been on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer twice, most notably for eating at McDonalds for 30 days. She is a frequent contributor to local and national media including CBS Philly, WHYY, Prevention Magazine and Women’s Health Magazine in topics ranging from nutrient content, weight management, sports nutrition and nutrition for specialized populations.
She developed the formulation of Dragon Gels™, an In-sport fuel used exclusively by the teams she supports. Dragon Gels™ are produced, packaged and distributed through the Metabolic Kitchen, Drexel University.
Dardanian’s research projects focus on the eating behaviors of esports players, collegiate and professional athlete nutrition knowledge and behavior change, resting metabolic rate, body composition and nutrition centered workplace wellness programming. Her most recent book chapter “Match Analysis in Squash” in the book Match Analysis: How to Use Data in Professional Sport reimagines how squash is being played by using data.