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Sara Solomon, MPH, RD, Director of Health Programs

Sara Solomon received her BA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin.  She received her Master of Public Health (MPH) and her registered dietitian (RD) certification at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.  Her areas of expertise and interests include pediatric obesity, school-based obesity and diabetes interventions, health communications and marketing, and nutrition education.  Her recent publications include a chapter examining school-based strategies to improve nutrition and physical activity, and quantitative and qualitative findings on strategies to reduce type-2 diabetes in youth from a national NIH-funded diabetes prevention study in middle schools. Currently, Solomon is the director of research and development for Nutrisystem, Inc., where she integrates science and consumer insight to design structured weight loss and weight maintenance programs.