{"id":4,"date":"2017-03-17T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2020-06-06T16:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T20:40:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"~~~~~About Joan~~~~~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/salge\/files\/2017\/03\/Joan-Salge-Blake-headshot-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Joan-Salge-Blake headshot\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-72\" width=\"227\" height=\"317\" \/>Joan is a clinical professor at Boston University and member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and the Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics\u00a0 (MAND). \u00a0She received the prestigious 2020 Media Excellence Award from AND and was previously named MAND&#8217;s &#8220;Young Dietitian of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Outstanding Dietitian&#8221; and &#8220;Outstanding Dietetic Educator. \u00a0 She was awarded the\u00a0 Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award<strong><em> twice<\/em><\/strong> from Boston University and was nominated by the University for the Professor of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Joan\u00a0 has appeared on CBS-The Early Show, CNN, Pure Oxygen, NBC News ( Boston ), Fox TV ( Boston ), CBS News ( New York and Boston ), Chronicle,\u00a0 Sirius XM Radio and other television and radio talk shows. She was a National Media Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for close to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Joan\u00a0 is a sought-after nutrition expert and speaker, who has conducted over 1,500 media interviews and has been quoted in or written for media outlets such as NPR, People, the New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Health, Redbook, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Business Traveler, Family <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/salge\/files\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-02-at-12.08.50-AM-300x275.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-08-02 at 12.08.50 AM\" class=\" wp-image-272 alignright\" width=\"239\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/files\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-02-at-12.08.50-AM-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/files\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-02-at-12.08.50-AM.png 586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>Circle, US World News, Parade, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Readers Digest, the Boston Phoenix, The Patriot Ledger, Food Network.com, AOL.com, WebMD, Cooking Light, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, MsNBC, Men&#8217;s Health, Woman&#8217;s Health, Good Housekeeping , Runner&#8217;s World, Today&#8217;s Dietitian, Details, Fitness, Shape, Self, Weight Watchers, Parents, Essence, Yahoo.com and Golden Years magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Her enthusiastic attitude towards nutritious eating has motivated millions of people to make positives lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan is a clinical professor at Boston University and member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and the Massachusetts Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics\u00a0 (MAND). \u00a0She received the prestigious 2020 Media Excellence Award from AND and was previously named MAND&#8217;s &#8220;Young Dietitian of the Year,&#8221; &#8220;Outstanding Dietitian&#8221; and &#8220;Outstanding Dietetic Educator. \u00a0 She &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">~~~~~About Joan~~~~~<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6783,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}