Connie Diekman is immediate past president of the American Dietetic Association. She works to promote good nutrition and healthy eating through individual consultation on campus. She has been a member of the University staff since 1994. Diekman earned a B.A. in foods and nutrition-dietetics from Fontbonne University and a masters in education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. She is associated with many organizations devoted to the promotion of healthy lifestyles, such as the American Heart Association and the Missouri Dietetic Association and is a member of the advisory board for Parent's Magazine. In addition to having taught nutrition courses at area colleges, she has been a nutrition reporter for the local NBC television affiliate and FOX-TV locally. She writes and broadcasts the "Eating Right" minute for WBBM in Chicago. Diekman has had guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, and The Today Show.

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