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Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RD, CDE

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https://soundbitesrd.com/

Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RD, CDE 

Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RD, CDE is the registered dietitian behind Sound Bites: A Nutrition Podcast.
With around 200 episodes to binge, you’ll become enveloped in topics ranging from demystifying fad diets to food allergies.
Hosted by award-winning Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Melissa Joy Dobbins, the Guilt-Free RD - "because food shouldn't make you feel bad!"
Join Melissa’s conversations with a variety of experts on topics ranging from fad diets to farming and gain credible information to help you make your own, well-informed food decisions based on facts, not fear.

For more information visit www.SoundBitesRD.com.

About

Melissa is The Guilt-Free RD – “because food shouldn’t make you feel bad!” She is the CEO of Sound Bites® Inc., and promotes sound science, smart nutrition and good food. Melissa is best known for her Sound Bites® Podcast and her Media Training workshops for dietitians and other health professionals. She also served as an Expert Witness for the Federal Government in 2013 on a Federal Trade Commission case involving false health and diet claims purported on late night infomercials.


Melissa testifying in federal court in November, 2013 - sketch by Cheryl “Cookie” Cook”

Melissa has extensive media experience as a spokesperson for the food, grocery and healthcare industries, and received the Media Excellence Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2016. She specializes in training other health professionals on media, social media and presentation skills. Her trainings have a particular emphasis on creating and delivering compelling science-based messages that engage and empower audiences.

Through media interviews and social media outreach, Melissa helps people digest nutrition information so they can make their own, well-informed decisions based on facts, not fear. As a certified diabetes educator for more than 20 years and a former supermarket dietitian, Melissa shares evidence-based information and realistic solutions to help people enjoy their food with health in mind. Combining her communications expertise and agricultural interests, she leads sustainable nutrition conversations and facilitates productive dialogues about food and farming.

As the host of the Sound Bites® Podcast, Melissa explores the science, psychology and strategies behind good food and nutrition in conversations with her guests who are experts on a variety of topics ranging from farming to fad diets. The show debuted in the Top 20 Nutrition Podcasts on iTunes and was named one of “11 Podcasts You Need” by Cosmopolitan Magazine, one of the “Best RD-run Podcasts” by Today’s Dietitian Magazine, and one of “8 Podcasts Worth Listening To” by Diabetes Forecast Magazine.

Melissa lives in Chicago with her husband and son, and her daughter is a junior in college. She enjoys a variety of activities and completed a sprint triathlon in 2014, a ballroom dance competition in 2016, and is currently working toward her black belt in Shotokan Karate.

Professional Affiliations & Awards

Melissa’s BACKGROUND

Raised in northern and central Illinois, Melissa first became interested in nutrition when she was studying ballet at the National Academy of Arts high school in Champaign-Urbana. It was there that she saw firsthand how unhealthy habits could be detrimental to health and how susceptible we can be to fad diets and misinformation. 

Melissa went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from Southern Illinois University and a Master of Science degree in Nutrition Education from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Melissa’s background includes:

  • nearly a decade of hospital-based counseling and community programs

  • more than 20 years of extensive media experience

  • professional speaking, webinars and corporate wellness seminars

  • launching the first consumer nutrition education program and serving as the retail dietitian for a major supermarket chain

  • eight years as communications manager for the dairy council

  • being published in the “Journal of Nutrition Education” and “The ADA Manual of Clinical Dietetics”

  • writing patient and consumer educational materials, internet articles, book reviews, radio scripts, blogs and more

  • health professional outreach, education and training

  • teaching undergraduate and graduate level nutrition courses

  • nutrition research

  • mentoring dietitians

  • volunteering in local and national nutrition organizations

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"I help you digest nutrition information so you can make your own, well-informed food decisions based on facts, not fear, and ultimately – enjoy your food with health in mind."
Source: https://soundbitesrd.com/