When you hear the word diabetes, you may think of an unhealthy lifestyle or being overweight or inactive.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1546nd3b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Marina Chaparro, MPH, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Marina Chaparro is a bilingual pediatric and diabetes nutrition expert. She is a certified diabetes educator at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, where she provides comprehensive diabetes education to children and families and instructs patients on the latest technology advances in diabetes. She is an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor trainer and is often asked to speak on topics such as childhood obesity, infant nutrition, diabetes and Latino health issues. Chaparro is also the founder of Nutrichicos Children’s Nutrition Center, a bilingual nutrition center specializing in pediatric nutrition that offers individualized nutrition assessment and provides services in both Spanish and English. On her blog, www.nutrichicos.com, Chaparro shares reliable, practical and science-driven recommendations to help parents and families meet the nutrition needs of their children. Chaparro’s background includes clinical nutrition, public speaking, public health, research and program planning with a focus on Latino health issues. She earned a specialty certificate in pediatric weight management. Chaparro is a graduate of Boston University and earned a master’s degree in public health from Florida International University.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Just because it's the holidays doesn't mean you have to put on all those extra pounds.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1546nd3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jessica Crandall, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Jessica Crandall is the General Manager at Denver Wellness and Nutrition Center-Sodexo, where she manages a team of registered dietitian nutritionists who focus on fulfilling the diverse nutritional needs of the community. She visits doctors’ offices to provide nutritional services as well as hospital-based outpatient programs, assisting in program development for nutritional counseling services. Crandall provides nutritional counseling in weight management, sports nutrition, diabetes prevention and management, cardiac diet modification, family meal times and working with children with special nutritional needs. Crandall also provides worksite wellness presentations and is a certified diabetes educator and an AFAA-certified group fitness instructor. She was named the 2009 Colorado Dietitian of the Year; was president-elect of the Colorado Dietetic Association in 2009 and president of the association in 2010. Crandall is a graduate of Colorado State University and completed postgraduate work at the State University of New York at Oneonta.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Starting with Halloween, we have nine weeks of holiday celebrations.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1541nd5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Toby Smithson, MS, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Toby Smithson is a diabetes lifestyle expert with Livongo Health, an innovative company focused on chronic disease management. Her responsibilities include creative content development such as videos, podcast recordings and webinars on diabetes management and coaching people with diabetes. She founded DiabetesEveryDay.com, an online guidance and support resource, where she shares strategies and tools for self-managing diabetes, mixing professional expertise with personal experience having successfully managed her diabetes for more than 46 years. Smithson is the co-author of Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition for Dummies (Wiley 2013), with a second book scheduled for release in winter 2016.
Smithson is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, and earned a master’s degree in nutrition and wellness with an entrepreneurship emphasis from Benedictine University. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If your children are involved in organized sports, do you know how to best keep them fueled up?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1541nd5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Heather Mangieri, MS, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Heather Mangieri is an award-winning expert in wellness and human performance and a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics. She owns Nutrition CheckUp, a consulting practice that specializes in sports nutrition, weight management and family wellness. She also coaches weight management and wellness clients to improve their life with nutrition and physical activity to feel better and prevent disease. Mangieri frequently writes on sports nutrition and weight management topics and speaks to consumers and professionals. She is a former faculty member in the department of exercise science at Chatham University and an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh. Mangieri is on the leadership team of the Academy’s Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition dietetic practice group and is currently working on her first book, Fueling Youth Athletes. In 2012, Mangieri received the Keystone Award for demonstrating outstanding professional standards. In 2008, she was Pennsylvania’s Young Dietitian of the Year. Mangieri is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Is your chicken making you sick? Take this short quiz to find out.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1537nd2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Joan Salge Blake, MS, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Joan Salge Blake is a clinical associate professor and director of the dietetic internship at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. In 2012, she was nominated by the University for the U.S. Professor of the Year Award and previously received the University’s prestigious Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award.
Blake is the author of Nutrition & You (Pearson 2015); Nutrition & You: Core Concepts to Good Health (Pearson 2010); and Eat Right the E.A.S.Y. Way (Simon & Schuster 1991), as well as co-author of Nutrition: From Science to You (Pearson 2014).
Blake is a past recipient of the Massachusetts Dietetic Association’s Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award and was named the Academy’s 2007 Outstanding Dietetic Educator. In 2009, she received the Academy’s Outstanding Dietitian award. Blake was named by Good Housekeeping magazine “The Most Trusted Person to Follow on Twitter” for healthful eating advice and has conducted over 1,000 media interviews on nutrition.
She is a summa cum laude graduate of Montclair State University and earned a master’s degree from Boston University, where she is working toward a doctorate in educational media and technology. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Avoid these common food safety mistakes when packing your kid's (or your) lunchbox.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1537nd2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sarah Krieger, MPH, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Sarah Krieger is a nutrition consultant and leader of All Children’s Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine’s weight management and fitness for families programs Fit4AllKids, Fit4AllTeens and Fit4AllMoms. These programs target children, teens, pregnant women and their families and are led in high schools, fitness centers and pregnancy centers. Krieger consults for Healthy Start, working with women from pre-conception and pregnancy and children from birth to age three. Krieger also has extensive experience in the foodservice industry and is the owner of a nutrition consulting and video business. Her syndicated nutrition education web program SarahRD.tv was launched in August 2011 and she published an e-book, Coffee Grounds, Banana Peels and Diapers: How to entertain friends and family in the 21st century without allowing life to get in the way (2014). Krieger is the 2015-2016 president of the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Krieger is a graduate of Central Michigan University and earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of South Florida.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Drinks can provide an excessive amount of calories in a daily diet, especially for kids.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1532nd2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Kristi King, MPH, RDN, LD, CNSC
- Organization Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Kristi King is a senior pediatric dietitian at Texas Children’s Hospital and a clinical instructor at Baylor College of Medicine, providing nutrition counseling to children and their families, specializing in chronic malabsorptive and intestinal conditions. King was an essential member of the development of Baylor College of Medicine’s two-week nutrition and physical activity-based summer weight loss camp for obese children. She serves as a co-investigator for nutrition research projects including quality improvement, obesity and nutrition support. King is a frequent speaker to health professionals and the public, in both local and national settings, and serves as a nutrition expert and advisory board member for many community and health organizations. King was the recipient of the Houston Area Dietetic Association’s Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award in 2008. She is a graduate of Florida State University and earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Texas.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How is the landscape of school lunch changing?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1532nd2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Wesley Delbridge, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Wesley Delbridge, RDN, is the food and nutrition supervisor for the Chandler Unified School District Food and Nutrition Department, where he oversees a team of more than 300 employees who focus on promoting school nutrition, creating and serving healthy food and decreasing childhood obesity, serving more than 45,000 students. He also is a professor of food science at local colleges and universities in Arizona. Delbridge designed and created the first school nutrition smartphone app, “CUSD Food,” and is committed to changing the perception of school meals through new and innovative communication tools and a focus on customer service. Delbridge was awarded the 2013 Health Education Media Maker award; was president of the School Nutrition Association of Arizona and worked on national legislative action committees for the School Nutrition Association. Delbridge graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University, where he was named the Most Outstanding Senior.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Looking to optimize your next workout?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1529nd2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Kelly Pritchett, PhD, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Kelly Pritchett, PhD, RDN, is an assistant professor of sports nutrition at Central Washington University. As a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics, she has consulted with elite and collegiate athletes as well as with active individuals. While in college, she competed on the swimming and diving team for four years. Pritchett is the fact sheet editor and a member of the leadership committee of the Academy’s Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition dietetic practice group. She is an active member of the American College of Sports Medicine. She has authored research articles for scientific journals and presented at regional and national conferences. Pritchett is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where she earned a doctorate in kinesiology.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
There are many great recipes and common cooking methods within the Latino community that can be healthier, with just a few simple changes.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1529nd2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Ximena Jimenez, MS, RDN, LD
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Ximena Jimenez is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist with a private practice in Miami. She proudly served as a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for seven years. For years, Ximena have been providing individual and group nutrition counseling. She is passionate about helping children and adults implement healthy habits to improve their lives. Ximena is an experienced and energetic speaker. She has appeared as a guest expert on local, national and international shows, including CNN en Español, Telemundo, Univision, AmericaTeve, Caracol, Univision Radio, and WLRN. She has been quoted in print publications that include Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, Orlando Sentinel, Chicago Tribune, Parents, Huffington Post, People and Fitness Magazine. She contributes on the medical websites VideoMD and Sharecare.com. She also serves as the nutrition expert in the national and local Telemundo news.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
