Dr. Hetal Pal, PhD
Director of Nutrition & Co-Founder, Caddy
Medically reviews all health and nutrition content published on GetCaddy.ai
LinkedIn ↗Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics — University of Mumbai (2010–2014)
Masters in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics — University of Mumbai
Dr. Hetal Pal is a nutrition scientist and clinical dietitian with over a decade of experience in food and nutrition research, personalised diet guidance, and evidence-based health communication.
She began her career as a Nutrition Consultant at NM Medical, working in preventive healthcare, before moving into a senior clinical role as Chief Nutritionist at Oxygen Healthcare. She subsequently joined Bon Happetee as Director of Nutrition, where she led the scientific and nutritional intelligence behind one of India's most comprehensive food databases — calibrating nutritional values, building disease-tagged food classifications, and ensuring the data underpinning millions of meal logs was clinically accurate.
At Caddy, Dr. Hetal serves as Director of Nutrition and co-founder, overseeing all nutrition science, content medical review, and clinical accuracy across the platform. She reviews every health and nutrition article published on GetCaddy.ai before publication.
Areas of expertise
Review methodology: Dr. Hetal reviews all health content on GetCaddy.ai for factual accuracy, clinical appropriateness, and alignment with current nutrition science evidence. Claims are verified against peer-reviewed literature, Indian nutrition guidelines, and established dietary reference values.