Maria Fernanda Leis
RD, Registered Dietitian
She/Her/Hers
Maria Fernanda brings more than fifteen years of sport nutrition practice to active adults and athletes. Her work covers performance nutrition, body composition assessment, and recovery, drawing on years with Argentina's national rugby programs and professional soccer clubs.
Maria Fernanda earned her dietetics degree at Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires in 2003. She built her career in sport nutrition from there, founding her own institute, ND Sport Nutrition, in 2007. Her work focused from the start on athletes and active populations.
Maria spent more than a decade working with elite-level sport in Argentina. From 2019 to 2021, she led nutrition for the Argentinean Rugby Union, covering Argentina's national 7s teams for men and women, Jaguares XV, Argentina XV, and the Buenos Aires Academy. She has also worked with professional soccer at Club Atlético Platense and multiple rugby clubs through the years.
Maria holds her ISAK Level 2 certification, a credential in body composition assessment used in sport science and high-performance environments. The methodology gives her objective measurements to track changes through training, recovery, and competition cycles.
Bringing the Practice to Canada
Maria moved to Vancouver and completed her Diploma in Nutrition and Food Service Management at Langara College in 2024. She earned her registration with the College of Dietitians of BC in December 2025 and currently works alongside her Forza practice as a Diet Technician at St. Paul's Hospital, part of Providence Health Ca.
Sport Nutrition at Forza
At Forza, Maria works with active adults and athletes on performance nutrition, body composition, and recovery. Her approach combines clinical dietetics with the practical experience of years working alongside elite-level sport, adapted to the goals and lifestyle of each patient.
Nutrition Treatments provided by Maria Fernanda
Her practice covers performance nutrition, body composition assessment, and dietetics for active adults and athletes.
Sport Nutrition
Sport nutrition supports training, competition, and recovery for active adults and athletes. Maria builds plans around the demands of each patient's sport, schedule, and goals, drawing on years of work with national-level rugby and professional soccer.
Performance Nutrition Counselling
Performance nutrition counselling covers fuelling strategies, hydration, recovery, and supplementation for active populations. Maria pairs evidence-based recommendations with practical patient-side coaching grounded in behaviour change methodology.
Body Composition Assessment
Maria holds ISAK Level 2 certification, the standard used in sport science for body composition measurement. Sessions include objective anthropometric measurements, interpretation, and recommendations tied to training, recovery, and performance goals.
Training and Credentials
Maria Fernanda brings more than fifteen years of sport nutrition practice across Argentina and Canada, including work with Argentina's national rugby programs and professional soccer clubs.
Registered Dietitian, College of Dietitians of BC
ISAK Level 2 Anthropometrist
Elite-Level Sport Nutrition Experience