This session is available as an online webinar series (2x90-minute webinars) or an onsite session at your organization. See the upcoming public webinar series dates on the right and join us soon!
Who should attend?
The workshop is designed for anyone who has ever struggled with weight control or has been told to lose weight for health reasons. We will discuss scientifically-sound and up-to-date nutrition information as it results to excess body weight, related lifestyle habits, specific foods, supplements, and general recommendations. Attendees will learn about how the body stores and loses extra weight, how to work with the body for weight control, and implementation strategies for lasting success.
Here are some of the key topics and techniques that are covered
- The difference between “healthy” and “ideal” body weight.
- How to calculate your Body Mass Index and why you should know your number.
- Is losing weight really just a matter of eating fewer calories than you burn?
- “Apples” vs. “Pears.”
- Metabolic Syndrome: what is it and what to do if you have it.
- Eating techniques for lasting weight control.
- Portion distortion and food labels.
- Recipes for disaster: fad diets & weight loss medications.
- Nutrition supplements to consider.
- Best foods for keeping weight in check.
- Look outside the U.S. for clues to a healthy weight.
- Designing the right diet for you.
About the presenter
Deanna Moncrief, M.S., C.N.S., is a nutritionist based in Hawaii as well as the founder and CEO of Benchmark Wellness, an employee wellness company. Ms. Moncrief trains hundreds of people across the U.S. every year on wellness program design and nutrition programs for the workplace; in 2009 she was awarded the national Public Health Nutrition Educator Award by the Society for Nutrition Education for her work. She is a nutrition lecturer at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu and serves as the nutrition education coordinator for singer Jack Johnson’s non-profit organization, the Kokua Hawaii Foundation.
Ms. Moncrief is a strong proponent of farm to school programs and international food security issues, and is active in the Food Security Coalition, the American Dietetic Association, the American Society of Nutrition, the Society for Nutrition Education, and the Rotary Foundation.