Rochelle Anthony, RD , Pasquia Health District ,Tisdale, SK SOE 1TO
Joined: June/98

Vitality for Life!
Problem: too many diets, too much dissatisfaction and poor self-image, too much focus on weight

Solution: HUGS
Rochelle is a community dietitian offering individual counselling and group classes to a number of small communities in north east Saskatchewan

DIET is a four letter word!
I found that after many years in private practice, dealing with body image and self-esteem issues, my clients were relying on me, rather than on themselves.

HUGS provided a way for me to accomplish my goal - to empower my clients to become responsible for their own health and eating habits.

I am a registered dietitian, with an interest and focus on wellness.

Eat Well; Be Well
We needed a program that would take away the focus from counting calories to just eating healthy and being more active. The word dieting has caused a fair amount of psychological damage (guilt, discouragement on failure to comply/adhere and even eating disorders).

Personal qualifications include a Bachelors degree in Foods and Nutrition with a minor in Business Administration
Graduate studies in Human Nutrition
Masters degree in Business Administration

The non-diet lifestyle is here to stay- it's something we can follow for the rest of our lives so we can focus on being "healthier" and "happier".
For years I taught another "lifestyle" program - and thought at that time the program and participants were successful.

Now I know there was so much that I was missing, and that part deals with "YOU". Hugs not only helps us with a healthier lifestyle, it helps us learn so much about ourselves beyond eating. Hugs is a very positive and uplifting program. Hugs makes us feel good about ourselves, so we can take care of ourselves as well as we take care of others.

I have an Honours B.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and a Dietetic Internship from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. I have an established private practice in Unionville, where I do one-on-one nutrition counselling which includes the Hugs program.

Sherry is a Registered Dietitian employed as a community dietitian at the Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Center , Wolfville, N.S. Sherry provides nutrition education and promotion to the local community. She also provides individual and group nutrition counseling. As part of her community work, she facilitates the adult HUGS program on a regular basis and boasts of an active "participant-led" HUGS Support group which meets twice monthly. Sherry has also facilitated the Tailoring Your Taste Workshop.

Stop dieting forever.
Join the nondiet movement to better health. Dieting does not work over the long term.

I am a registered dietitian and certified fitness leader having worked in Nutrition and Food Service for over 20 years, I am moving into private practice

"Achieve your natural weight and get fit without dieting!"

After years of prescribing diets for her clients, Lorraine realized the results were not lasting. The problem was not the individual’s "lack of willpower", rather it was the method -- diets don’t work.

Lorraine, a registered dietitian with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition from Boston University, has counselled thousands of individuals during her practice of over 15 years.

Lorraine offers group and individual counselling at the Metuchen-Edison YMCA where all participants of her programs are entitled to exercise for free.

Be Diet Free!
HUGS expresses my philosohy that you can get control over food without dieting, deprivation or hunger. I decided to use the non-diet approach in teaching when I saw that even using an exchange plan can cause people to rebel and sabotage their own goals.

I am a registered dietitian and educational psychologist in private practice. My mission is to help people heal their relationship with food and with their bodies. I have a longstanding interest in prevention and treatment of disordered eating, having been "on the dieting rollercoaster" as a teen and young adult. I am happy to say that good nutrition and good health can come about when diets are thrown out the window and the focus is put on meeting your needs!

Women and men break free from diets and pursue lifelong steps towards total health.

I have researched many programs, attended numerous seminars and personally searched for ways to marry the non-diet approach to health with sound nutrition practices. I have always wanted to develop my own program, but was excited to find the HUGS program contained many of the concepts I have been teaching all nicely organized and packaged in a "ready to present" format. Thanks for saving me time. It's so nice to not feel alone in the jungle of traditional diets and diet products.

I've have been a registered dietitian for over 13 years. I have always had a special interest in working with persons with eating disorders. However, in my work, I constantly see similarities with my clients struggling with obesity and weight issues. For more than 5 years I have been working with a psychologist to treat disordered eating. It has been wonderful to have the chance to truly develop the nutrition therapy side of my career. I have also been doing hunger-satiety work for over 5 years. I am excited about the HUGS program as a way to better present group non-diet counseling to my clients.

In addition to my clinical experience, I have 11 years of management experience, own a private consulting practice (Visions for Success) and have author a number of professional books on nutrition and recently a book for the public titled: Baby Basics: A Guide for New Parents.

I practice in a physician clinic one to two days per week and in a small rural hospital 3 days per weeks.

I initially did a Home Economics degree qualifying in 1990. I worked in the food industry as a technologist for a few years before deciding to study further. In 1995 I qualified with an Honours degree in Dietetics. I ran a clinical practice part time, and begun facilitating courses for Jean Mills.  I really enjoyed the courses as I never was a fan of the traditional diet approach to weight loss and lifestyle related diseases. I found that most people found the one-on-one environment quite intimidating.  As a result compliance to any of the programs was poor. During that year, I was approached by a large food manufacturer to join their product development team.  That was 4 years ago, now I have a four month old baby girl, Jessica, and needless to say life has changed somewhat.  When I heard Jean was wanting to sell the HUGS license, I approached her as we had studied together and new each other well. I am a great fan of the HUGS approach, and am eagerly looking towards starting in the New Year.