"If we look around the country - look at the statistics, the clear indication is that most Americans are eating in a way that is having many adverse effects on their health,” states Walter Willett, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Chair, Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. “Health Coaches can help people understand what healthy food choices are and then help people put those into practice in a way that will have a huge impact on their long-term well-being.” Dr. Willett is a regular faculty lecturer at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition school which trains Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches.
Holistic Health Counseling / Coaching is a fairly new field that is steadily growing around the globe. Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches play a vital role in the health care industry by providing positive support, motivation, health education and training to people to help them reverse old habits and conditioning and to help them make healthier nutrition and lifestyle choices. Health Counseling / Coaching is not intended to replace the care of a medical doctor but assists in helping people transition to healthy lifestyles in order to help them prevent or reverse disease and live long vibrant healthy and happy lives. Like personal trainers who offer instruction and support to help people remain accountable to regular exercise programs, Health Counselors / Coaches help people form better eating habits through regular educational training and support meetings. In addition to Dr. Willett, some notable health professionals who are helping train Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and who are also publicly advocating for the field, are Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Neal Barnard, Marion Nestle PhD, AnneMarie Colbin PhD, Paul Pitchford MS, David Wolfe MS and many others.
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