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About Marla Heller, MS, RD
Marla is the author of The DASH Diet Action Plan, she wrote the 4-week menu plan for Win the Weight Game by Sarah, the Duchess of York, and Weight Watchers Publishing, and wrote the healthy eating chapter in the recently published book, "I Always Start My Diet on Mondays!" by Janice Alpert. She was a recipe contributor to MasterCook Deluxe Low Carb v7.0. She has been a featured nutrition expert for the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Daily Herald, Pioneer Press, Chicago Health & Beauty, WGN-AM and WNUR-FM. She frequently speaks at corporations, schools, health clubs, and athletic facilities. She is a spokesperson for the Greater Midwest affiliate of the American Heart Association. She is a Past President of the Illinois Dietetic Association (2002-2003), and is a Past President of the North Suburban Dietetic Association (2000-2001). She was recently awarded the prestigious Emerging Leader Award from the Illinois Dietetic Association. Marla lives with her husband Richard (who is also in the health care field, on the consulting side) and she enjoys gardening, cooking, entertaining, travel, has an extensive cook book collection, and periodically gets involved in cat rescue in her neighborhood. She keeps fit through a combination of aerobic exercise (a combination of running and walking about 3.5 - 4 miles on a treadmill) 3 - 4 days per week, and SuperSlow resistance training 1 day per week. She tries to follow a modified DASH diet, low in refined carbs. All of which makes her feel like she is 25! Educational Background:
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Marla
Heller is a Registered Dietitian, and holds a Master of Science in Human
Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where
she has recently completed course work on a PhD in Behavior Sciences and Health
Promotion (and is currently preparing for prelims as part of the PhD process). She is experienced in a wide variety of nutrition
counseling specialties. She has been an adjunct clinical instructor in the
Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics at UIC, teaching courses on foods
and nutrition counseling, and has also taught at Dominican University,
National-Louis University, and the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of
Chicago. Marla has been a preceptor for dietetic interns from UIC and the
University of Delaware. She is on the advisory board for Chicago Health &
Beauty.