Nutrition Talk #0019: StrongWomen Across America

Your hosts, Allison Knott, RD and Jessica McGovern, RD, interview Miriam Nelson, Phd, and Eleanor Heidkamp-Young ACSM HFS, about the StrongWomen Across America tour. In this episode we discuss the 6800 mile road trip and reflect on the country's readiness to change. The StrongWomen Across America tour empowered Change Clubs in local communities in eight states to improve their food and physical activity environment.  Dr. Nelson is the founder and director of the StrongWomen Initiative and also the director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Eleanor HeidKamp-Young is the StrongWomen Strength Training program manager.