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Interview by Anna Hudgins, Nutrition Awareness Intern Registered dietitian Janice Newell Bissex is best known for being the co-creator of the popular website Meal Makeover Moms. As a lead expert on family nutrition, her goal is to transform homestyle favorites by adjusting recipes to create healthier options. Janice and her partner Liz Weiss (also a dietitian) have written two…   Read More»

Andy Bellatti believes in helping others achieve better health through food and educating the public on nutritional knowledge that is not corrupted by the food industry. He is the entrepreneur behind Andy Bellatti Nutrition and the co-founder of Dietitians for Professional Integrity. His blog Small Bites is research-driven, focusing on popular, sometimes controversial nutrition topics and the science behind…   Read More»

Interview and post by Helen Yuan, UT Nutrition Student and Nutrition Awareness Intern I recently got a chance to volunteer at the University of Texas Food Lab Food Challenge Prize Showcase, an early stage business start-up competition that encourages innovation within the global food system. There were so many fascinating ideas presented and I got…   Read More»

This week the Spotlight is on Maree Ferguson, the Founder and Director of Dietitian Connection, a community site connecting dietitians all over the world with one another and a place to share each other’s work, nutrition news and goals while improving the public profile of dietitians everywhere. Maree is a Registered Dietitian and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and…   Read More»

After a short hiatus from the Dietitian Spotlight series, this week we are back with a bang interviewing Joey Gochnour, BS, BS, MEd, RDN, LD, NASM-CPT, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Personal Trainer and CEO of Nutrition and Fitness Professional, LLC. Joey, first tell us a little about what you currently do and what path you took to…   Read More»

For this week’s Dietitian Spotlight Series, I interviewed a successful entrepreneur/RD with two specialties, diabetes and intuitive eating, who has been able to fuse them together in her business, BRG Dietetics & Nutrition, P.C. Read on to learn more about intuitive eating and how this break-through strategy can help you and your clients break the diet-cycle, how…   Read More»

This week, I’m sharing with you my interview with Amber Ketchum, MS, RD, who runs the nutrition and weight loss program at Shane Diet and Fitness Resort in San Antonio, TX. Take it over Amber… Hello everyone! My name is Amber Ketchum and I’m a registered dietitian from San Antonio, Texas.  I received my Bachelor’s…   Read More»

Tony Paradis was one of the first dietitians I met in Dallas at a Nutrition Entrepreneurs mini-meeting about a year ago. It was so refreshing (and inspiring) to meet a young RD who had already started a business and was paving his own way in the nutrition and fitness world, which gave me hope for…   Read More»