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Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

E47: Diversifying Dietetics w/ Tamara Melton

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

And we're back! We're kicking off the new season with a very special guest: Tamara Melton, RDN, and co-founder of Diversify Dietetics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition and dietetics. In this episode we talk about the importance of diversifying the nutrition and wellness space, and also about Tamara's experiences as a black woman within the field of nutrition. This is an episode you're not going to want to miss! Full post here: https://foodheavenmadeeasy.com/diversifying-dietetics-with-tamara-melton/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Wendy!

0:01.1

And it's Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast.

0:04.0

Your online resource for delicious and nutritious living.

0:18.4

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast with Wendy and Jess.

0:26.6

Hey!

0:28.0

Today we have a very special guest joining us.

0:32.0

We have our girl, Tamara Maltin.

0:34.4

And Tamara is a registered dietitian just like us.

0:37.6

She's also the co-founder of diversified dietetics,

0:41.7

which is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity within

0:47.9

the fields of nutrition and dietetics.

0:49.8

She's been practicing as a dietitian for over a decade.

0:54.3

And she also works for Morrison Healthcare as a director of health and

0:58.8

for Maddox. Sounds really fancy.

1:01.6

And teaches nutrition at Georgia State University.

1:04.4

Today we're going to be talking with Tamara about the importance of diversifying the nutrition

1:09.5

and wellness space and also about her experiences as a black woman within the field.

1:14.4

So Tamara, welcome to the podcast!

1:18.5

Hey girl, thanks for having me on.

1:20.0

Thank you. I'm excited to be here.

1:21.6

Yay! We're so excited to have you.

1:24.6

So I thought that we could kick off the conversation just by getting some insight into your food

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