Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE has been a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition for the past thirty years. She is also a diabetes [healthopedia] educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center where she teaches people with diabetes how to make their diets better in order to improve their health. Here she tells us how people with diabetes can start changing the things they eat to manage their diabetes.

Dr. Isobel Contento is a Professor in Nutrition Education in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College Columbia University. She teaches Master's level nutrition students about becoming food educators so that they give people practical advice about how to eat healthier.

Vivian W. Kurutz is the wellness director of the Harlem Center for Healthy Living (HCHL).  She is also the founder of the New Song Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).  New Song CSA partners with local farms to bring fresh produce to West Harlem, while helping to support a farmer and his or her crop.

Chris Daly's organization Hip4Kids helps educate kids and their parents about eating and cooking healthier.

Chris Daly is the founder of Hip4Kids, a New York-based non-profit that teaches young people and their parents about healthy cooking.

Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE got interested in nutrition in high school. She thought it would be exciting to combine her two interests:  science and working with people directly. Now, as part of her role at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, she's starting to do community education­-helping organizations include nutrition lessons into their activities. She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. Here, she tells us some of the major nutrition lessons she wants to share with the community.

Maudene Nelson, RD, CDE has been a nutrition educator at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition for the past thirty years. She is also a diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. She tells us about "The Plate Method" and how it can help us eat healthier.

Did you know that over the past 30-40 years, the size of dinner plates has increased, from about nine inches across in the past to about 12 inches across today?