Bridget Swinney MS, RD is a well-regarded nutrition expert in the field of prenatal nutrition, child nutrition, weight control and family eating matters. She is certified in both adult and child weight management with the American Dietetic Association. A frequent speaker and media guest, she is a registered dietitian with a Master's Degree in Nutrition who has served as spokesperson for Fortune 500 companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Procter and Gamble, and Kraft Foods.
Bridget has worked as a clinical dietitian, public health nutritionist, diabetes educator and weight loss group facilitator. She is the author of four books:
Baby Bites: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Babies and Toddlers in One Handy Book, which won the 2008 Excellent Products Award from iParenting,
Eating Expectantly; The Practical and Tasty Guide to Prenatal Nutrition; Healthy Food for Healthy Kids; The Practical and Tasty Guide to Child Nutrition. She co-authored
The Healthy Heart Formula.
After self-publishing the first edition of
Eating Expectantly, which was reviewed in
Library Journal and named one of
Child Magazine's "Ten Best Parenting Books," Bridget began her specialization in health communications. She has served as the media spokesperson for the Colorado Dietetic Association where she sought placements for nutrition information in the Colorado media. She has also held board positions in several practice groups of the American Dietetic Association and local dietetic associations.
Bridget's media interviews number in the hundreds and include:
Good Morning America, Weekend Today, Later Today, Food Network, WGN, CNN Accent Health and
Fox on Family. She has also appeared on local networks in Colorado Springs, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston.
Bridget's writing has appeared in
Parenting Magazine, Parent's Magazine, Healthy Kids Magazine, American Baby Magazine, Baby Talk, Parent's Expecting, Baby, and has been quoted in
Good Housekeeping, Working Mother, Child Magazine, Baby Talk, The Chicago Tribune and newspapers across the country. She is an online expert for babycenter.com and is the owner of healthyfoodzone.com.
Bridget brings a very practical aspect to her work. She works at home where she is the mother of two teen boys and is currently Chair of the School Health Advisory Council of the El Paso Independent School District.
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