Graduation Class

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Written By Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII
What better time to hold a graduation than June? If your 8 or 12 week weight loss class ends now, be sure to hold a graduation ceremony. And if it ends at any other time of the year, hold a graduation ceremony!
GraduationsIt can be as simple as a few words from the commencement speaker (you) and some graduation decorations. You can add healthy snacks to munch on and simple diplomas made from a photocopied certificate rolled and tied with a ribbon. What joyous pomp and circumstance!Graduation has the same root word as gradually. Remind clients that small steps add up to big health improvements. Just as we did not go right from kindergarten to high school graduation, we need not try to jump right to 100% ideal eating. Every small change is like completing another grade on the way to graduation.
Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

https://nutritioneducationstore.com
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