The better4you Advisory Board is comprised of nine leading national authorities who help us shape programs and advise clients on a range of communications issues. They also serve as valuable sounding boards and message testers for our campaigns and strategic approaches. They include prominent experts on consumer nutrition, health, medicine, pediatrics, fitness, weight management, and well-being. From time to time they blog on this site, contributing observations on industry trends, insights and news.

TANYA ZUCKERBROT MS, RD,

Tanya, author of the bestselling book The F-Factor Diet, is the first Director of Nutrition for M Booth’s Better4You.  Known for making fiber sexy, the New York City dietitian developed a specialized high-fiber diet for patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Not only did these patients improve their clinical conditions, across the board they also lost weight … without hunger.  The first nutritionist with her own national food brand, Tanya has partnered with Hain Celestial to create a high-fiber food line in national grocery distribution.  Also, Tanya is the official dietitian to The Miss Universe Organization, and a contributor to Cooking Light, Women’s Health and FOX.

RUTH CAREY, R.D., C.S.S.D., L.D.

Ruth is a nationally known nutrition consultant with a specialty in sports nutrition, as well as nutrition for fitness, cardiovascular health and weight control.  She is a Board Certified sports dietitian, she has been a motivational lecturer on fitness and nutrition. She has appeared on Good Morning America and the Today Show and produced “Snacking and Kids,” an educational video for parents on how to guide the snacking habits of their kids.

KERI GLASSMAN, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.,

Keri, the author of “The 0₂ Diet,”is a published author and founder and president of Keri Glassman, Nutritious Life, a nutrition practice based in New York City. She is the author of “The Snack Factor Diet” and is a frequent contributor to the CBS Early Show, and is the Beauty and Skin Care expert for WebMD.. She has also appeared on the Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News Channel and NY1, among others. For years Keri has been a leader in advancing a “whole person” approach to health and wellness.

ALISON RHODES

Alison Rhodes is “The Safety Mom,” an expert in child safety dedicated to educating parents on ways to keep their kids safe, from baby-proofing the house through her babyproofing company Safety Mom Solutions to raising safe teenage drivers. She has been a sought-after guest on many national television shows including The Today Show, Fox & Friends, CNN International, CNBC Squawk Box and The Doctors, and has been featured in such publications as American Baby Magazine, Parents, BabyTalk, The New York Times, and Expectant Mother Magazine.

SANDRA WOODRUFF, MS, RD, LD/N
Sandra is a registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist, and author of many books on healthy eating and cooking, including “The Best-Kept Secrets of Healthy Cooking,”" The Good Carb Cookbook,” and “The Complete Diabetes Prevention Plan.”  During her career she has maintained a private practice specializing in helping people improve their diets for the prevention and management of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other diet-related health problems. She is a frequent media guest and has appeared on Oprah Winfrey, The Lifetime Network, and QVC television.

AMY HENDEL, R-PA

R-PA is a Physician Assistant/Health Coach and nutrition expert, and author of The 4 Habits of Healthy Families (BenBella Books 2010). She is past host of PBS’s HealthZone and Doctors On
Call and Westwood One Radio Good Eating Good Living. She was the host and producer of Healthy Home segments on HouseSmarts. She currently writes blogs for www.healthcentral.com, www.healthcorp.net.
She is an expert and coach on ivillage.com and hosts health and lifestyle streaming videos on www.healthguru.com and www.healthination.com.
She’s been seen on Today, The Early Show and The 700 Club. You can read more about her at www.healthgal.com.

BRYAN VARTABEDIAN, M.D.

Bryan, a pediatric gastroenterologist, is the author of “Colic Solved – The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Crying, Difficult-to-Soothe Baby.” His reputation was created by his willingness to provide practical, realistic solutions to his patients’ nutritional and gastrointestinal problems, no matter how young. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both general pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. He is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine, and serves as an attending physician at Texas Children’s Hospital.

CHARLES STUART PLATKIN, PhD, MPH

Charles is one of the country’s leading nutrition and public health advocates whose syndicated health, nutrition and fitness column appears in more than 165 daily newspapers nationally.  He is the founder of the health and fitness network, DietDetective.com, which offers thousands of original articles, health tools, quizzes, interviews with leading health experts, food/beverage and health product/service reviews, a food nutrient-search engine, podcasts, nutrition and weight-loss program and a thriving on-line community. He is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, and the American Public Health Association, among others.

MICHAEL GEORGE

Michael is a well-known celebrity trainer and fitness expert and the developer of his own unique fitness technology, Integrated Motivational Fitness™ integrates the body-mind-spirit connection for optimal energy and health.  In addition to being a leader in the industry and an author, Michael is a recognized fitness personality and has been a guest expert on ABC’s The View, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, Entertainment Tonight, VH1, E, Extra, FitTV, HGTV, and CNN. Among his high-profile clients have been Reese Witherspoon, Toby Maguire, Julianne Moore, James Spader, Meg Ryan, Christian Slater, Sela Ward, Matt Dillon, Slash, and Dennis Quaid.

HOWARD SHAPIRO, MD

Howard is the author of the bestseller, “Dr. Shapiro’s Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss,” a practical guide to losing weight using “Food Awareness Training” that relies on visual cues to help dieters focus on empowerment and taking charge. He has had a successful holistic weight-loss practice in Manhattan for more than 20 years and has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and The Reader’s Digest. He created a successful weight-loss program for the New York City Police Department and Fire Department which continues to be featured on ABC-TV’s Good Morning America and The View.