BOSTON UNIVERSITY NUTRITION PROFESSOR AVAILABLE TO DISCUSSGOVERNMENT'S NEW "SMALL STEPS" PROGRAM

Friday, March 12, 2004

Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD, LDN, clinical assistant professor of Nutrition for Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has been using her own, similar small step program for years and is available to discuss the government's newly issued program with the media.

Her Thoughts on “Small Steps” Program:
Salge Blake has always advocated that small steps are the key to long-term, positive health changes:

“Americans’ obesity problem didn’t occur overnight. It was gradual accumulation of excess weight over the years. Small, positive, and practical steps are a realistic way for busy individuals to reverse this weight gain.”

Her Unique Program:
Salge Blake has been using her educational, web-based, interactive ‘52 Steps To Weight Loss’ program to motivate her students and clients to make simple changes: http://people.bu.edu/salge/52_small_steps/weight_loss/

“My goal is to change these students diet and health habits when they are in college so that I avoid seeing them as a client in my office when they are in their 40’s.”

Joan Salge Blake is a registered dietitian who has worked extensively with the media and maintains her own private practice, specializing in weight management. She is currently working on a college-level, nutrition textbook, entitled, Nutrition and You. You can view her recipe collection and additional interactive nutrition programs at: http://people.bu.edu/salge/.

Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is an institution of higher education and research whose premier academic programs prepare dynamic health professionals and whose research and leadership in the health and rehabilitation sciences is actively shaping health care. For more information about Sargent College and to learn about their degree programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, communication disorders, health sciences, athletic training, nutrition, and rehabilitation counseling, visit http://www.bu.edu/sargent.