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Introducing Guiltless Soiree, the Memorable Party that is Girl's Night Out Meets Nutrition 101!
Allison
J. Stowell, MS, RD, CDN
As a Registered Dietitian for Beyond Health, Allison J. Stowell enables individuals to make positive, sustainable changes in their eating habits by stressing conscious eating, improving relationships with food and offering a non-diet approach for reaching and maintaining ideal body weight.
She currently runs a successful private practice with offices in Danbury, CT, Bedford Hills, NY and Mahopac NY.
Along with her private practice, since 2007 Hannaford Bothers Corporation has contracted with Allison, making her a Nutrition Coordinator. She provides complementary nutrition classes and tours, community workshops and one-on-one shopping experiences at their Carmel, NY location.
She pioneered Educated Eating© a weight loss program developed to help women make healthy choices that get positive results and also co-developed a successful emotional eating and weight loss program.
She has been cited numerous times as a nutritional expert in newspapers and magazines including Cosmo Girl,
regarding adolescent eating, and Women’s Health & Fitness Magazine regarding nutrition for women.
Her tips on healthful eating can be found each week in the Putnam County Times and online at What and When for Kids, where she answers questions weekly in her column, “Ask Alli”.
She is frequently asked to speak to groups of parents, teachers and adolescents throughout Westchester and Putnam on nutrition education, weight loss and pediatric nutrition.
Ms. Stowell is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the Mahopac Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she serves on the Health Advisory Council for the Mahopac Central School District and the Putnam County Board of Directors for the American Heart Association.
Ms. Stowell graduated cum laude from the University of New Hampshire, where she received a B.S. in Nutritional Science. She then went on to complete her dietetic internship and was credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. While practicing as a Registered Dietitian, she completed her Masters of Science in Nutrition Education at Columbia University Teachers College.
Allison lives in Connecticut with her husband and two small children and her dog, Chase.
Allison's
Philosophy
Conscious
Eating, Connecting Mind and Body
Conscious eating means eating with awareness of hunger cues,
nutritional needs, and satiety signals or feelings of fullness.
Most of us are not conscious eaters. We misinterpret cravings
and habitual eating as the need to eat. Allison enables clients
to learn to respond to hunger cues, to recognize eating patterns
and to understand their nutritional needs.
Mind-body
connection refers to the association between the physical
(real) hunger cues our body gives us and our decision to
eat. This decision can happen with awareness or it can be
unconscious. Eating on the go, inconsistent meals, and eating
in front of the TV or computer prevent us from making a mind-body
connection. While focusing on these distractions, one eats
without being aware of how much was eaten or the point where
one should stop. This leads to overeating and obesity.
Non-Dieting
Approach
A fine line exists between providing the right counsel and
encouragement and adding to the pressures to maintain a healthy
weight that a person is already experiencing. A non-dieting
approach emphasizes balance, moderation and physical activity,
combined with nutrition counseling and education. This approach
promotes life-long habits and breaks the diet cycle for good.
Myth
of the “Ideal” Shape and the Power of Media Literacy
Adolescents, particularly girls, face great pressure to reach
an “ideal” body shape that is portrayed in magazines and on
TV. Adults are not immune to the pressure to believe in the
“myth” and conform to the “ideal” body shape either. However,
for most attaining this “ideal” shape is completely unrealistic.
It is essential that this be made clear to a young woman who
is facing an issue with her weight. Media literacy allows
us to understand the underlying messages in these images and
their persuasive, manipulative power. Through this education,
adults and children increase their awareness about the advertising
industry and the media, both print and screen
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