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Anne Fletcher, MS, RD, LD Fee Range: $4,000 - $9,500 Speaker's Home Base: MN The award-winning health and medical journalist Anne M. Fletcher is frequently sought out for her knowledge about and creative solutions for weight management, behavior change, and addiction. Anne is the author of the national bestsellers "Thin For Life," "Sober for Good," and "Eating Thin for Life," as well as the "Thin for Life Daybook." Her new book, "Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off -- And What They Wish Parents Knew" was just released by Houghton Mifflin in paperback along with the brand, new “Weight Loss Confidential Journal: Week-by-Week Success Strategies for Teens From Teens” “Weight Loss Confidential” was featured on the Today Show, the CBS Early Show and in the NY Times, USA Today, USA Weekend, and US News & World Report. A frequent guest on national media, Anne previously appeared on "The View", "Donahue", "Good Morning America", "CBS This Morning", CNN, National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation," and "The Larry King Radio Show." Her articles on topics ranging from osteoporosis to heart disease have been published in Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Parenting, Readers Digest, Redbook, Better Homes & Gardens, Cooking Light, American Psychologist, and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Anne is known for her ability to weave together her inspiring findings from real-life success stories with state-of-the art information about health issues. Her motivational speaking appearances have taken place at many consumer events, including women's expos, health fairs, and national recovery group meetings. Anne has also been an invited speaker to address both student and professional audiences at Harvard, Cornell, Rutgers, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Pennsylvania. She has given major presentations for national meetings of the following organizations: the American Dietetic Association, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, International Diabetes Center, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Society for Nutrition Education, National Fisheries Institute, SMART Recovery, Women for Sobriety, and the Kellogg Nutrition Symposium in Canada. Anne presented her findings from "Weight Loss Confidential" at the national meeting of the American Dietetic Association in 2006, where she also received the ADA's Media Excellence Award for consistent, accurate, and creative nutrition reporting. She is the recipient of several National Health Information Awards, the Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy Award, the Research Society on Alcoholism Journalism Award, and awards from the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Writers Association. As a registered dietitian with a master's degree in nutrition science, Anne has counseled hundreds of clients with weight problems. She is a former executive editor and chief writer of the Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter and was a contributing editor for Prevention Magazine. Her B.S. in human nutrition and food is from Cornell University and her M.S. in nutrition science is from Drexel University. Most Popular Topics LEARNING FROM LOSERS: Secrets of People Who Lost Weight & Kept It Off Who better to tell us how to lose weight and keep it off than the very people who have done it? The presenter's own frustration as a former weight treatment specialist led her to research the underpinnings of lifestyle change in hundreds of weight-loss success stories and to present her findings in five award-winning books which have received high acclaim from the media, professionals, and consumers. In a highly motivating presentation - one filled with success stories, plus before and after photos - Anne shares how the adults and teens in her books lost weight, their secrets for keeping it off, how they shatter myths about weight control, and their strategies for staying motivated. She offers state-of-the art advice based on her ground-breaking findings, interviews with experts, and review of scientific studies in this area. The emphasis is on sharing practical and healthy strategies that can be used for a lifetime. Everyone's talking about our national weight problem. Finally, someone is offering solutions - from people who have “been there.” WEIGHT LOSS CONFIDENTIAL: Secrets of Healthy Weight Management for Teens from Teens Who better to help overweight teens and their families than other teens who lost weight and kept it off? In a highly motivating presentation - one filled with teen success stories, along with before and after photos - Anne shares how more than 100 formerly overweight teens lost weight in healthy ways. She also reveals their secrets for keeping it off, strategies for staying motivated, and messages for parents from the teens about what works and what doesn't work when trying to help kids manage their weight. This presentation - which can be geared toward a parent, teen, or professional audience - offers a cutting-edge, inspiring, and refreshing perspective on the touchy subject of adolescent weight management. The emphasis is on sharing practical and healthy strategies that young people and their families can use for a lifetime. SOBER FOR GOOD: Learning from People Who Have Been There How do people really overcome drinking problems - whether they go to Alcoholics Anonymous, quit drinking on their own, or seek help from lesser-known recovery programs? For this presentation, Anne gives an overview of her findings from 222 “masters” of former drinking problems -- people who recovered in many different ways, both traditional (AA) and nontraditional. Not only does she present the keys to success common to the masters, but she reveals ways in which many of them challenge long-held assumptions about what it takes to overcome problem drinking and achieve long-term sobriety. By offering a host of options, recounting compelling case stories and anecdotes, and sharing findings consistent with scientific studies, Fletcher's ultimate goal is to help people find solutions that are right for them. MASTERS OF CHANGE: How People Overcome Lifestyle Problems (or How People Overcome Problems of the Body, Mind, and Spirit) Learn about the keys to successful change from hundreds of people who have overcome major lifestyle problems-from losing weight and keeping it off to problem drinking. In this presentation, nationally known, award-winning health and medical journalist, Anne M. Fletcher, presents her discoveries about the common threads in how the hundreds of "masters" of weight control and the "masters" of sobriety in her highly acclaimed books changed for good. She reveals their secrets - which apply to all sorts of lifestyle problems - by sharing their stories and discussing their strategies for overcoming problems of the body, mind, and spirit. Anne Fletcher, MS, RD, LD offers expertise in: Addictions and Recovery, Weight Management, Women and Body Image, Anne Fletcher, MS, RD, LD is a good fit for: Association Keynote, Keynote Womens Event, Womens Health Seminar, Community Health Education, Nursing Education |
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