Starting in 2003, she began working with WebMD, where she contributes weekly features and columns and develops recipes for WebMD online and  WebMD Magazine, and oversaw WebMD’s Weight Loss Clinic and serves as nutrition expert for the company.
(meta data) TITLE: Kathleen M Zelman, MPH, RD/LD (meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/WebMD (meta data) PUBLISHER: https://www.facebook.com/WebMD Skip to main content Check Your Symptoms Find A Doctor Find A Dentist Find Lowest Drug Prices HealthA-Z Health A-Z #### Featured Topics Get Help for Migraine Relief Things That Can Hurt Your Joints Drugs & Supplements Drugs & Supplements #### Featured Topics Vitamins You Need as You Age Supplements for Better Digestion Living Healthy Living Healthy #### Featured Topics Which Food Has More Saturated Fat? Do You Know the Benefits of Walking? Family & Pregnancy Family & Pregnancy #### Featured Topics Smart Snacks When You're Pregnant How Can You Avoid Homework Stress? News & Experts News & Experts #### Featured Topics WebMD Investigates Why Can't We Sleep? Sign Up to Receive Our Free Newsletters Mobile AppsSubscriptions Sign InSubscribe ### Top 12 Topics CBD Oil Ruptured Achilles Tendon Keto Diet Hepatitis C Diabetes Warning Signs Rheumatoid Arthritis Morning-After Pill Breast Cancer Screening Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms Heart Failure Multiple Myeloma Types of Crohn's Disease WebMD Home # Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD, has served as director of nutrition for WebMD and is a contributor to WebMD Magazine. Zelman received one of the highest honors from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the 2016 Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Award, in recognition of a distinguished career and remarkable contributions to the dietetics profession. In 2007, the academy awarded Zelman the prestigious Media Excellence Award for her contribution and commitment to educating consumers about food and nutrition. The American Society for Nutrition named her the 2011 recipient of their Nutrition Science Media Award for outstanding science and nutrition journalism. In June, the Institute of Food Technologists awarded her with the 2012 Media Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism. In 2014, Zelman was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from Montclair State University. Zelman has extensive media experience, including co-hosting a weekly radio program, 12 years as a national spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and numerous print and television appearances, including CNN, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She is a contributing writer for books, including Chef Paul Prudhomme's Fork in the Road, Healthy Eating for Babies and Toddlers, and A Harvest of Healing Foods. Zelman has been a dietetic internship director at Ochsner Medical Institutions and assistant professor of nutrition at St. Mary's Dominican College, both in New Orleans. Zelman is active in local, state, and national dietetic associations. She was the director-at-large on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics board of directors for 3 years. She served as a trustee of the Georgia Dietetic Foundation and two terms as the Georgia delegate to the academy. She received her master's degree in public health from Tulane University and her Bachelor of Science from Montclair State University. Zelman serves on the advisory board of Share our Strength, a nonprofit organization aimed at childhood hunger. She is a judge for the James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She is a contributing editor for Food & Nutrition Magazine of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Zelman is a member of a network of communication leaders formed as part of Bayers Leaders Engaged in Advancing Dialogue (L.E.A.D.) initiative. She is an advisor for Vitafusion. ### Today on WebMD #### Risky Mistakes Pet Owners Make Some of these might surprise you. #### Depressed, Guilty Feelings After Eating? Symptoms of binge eating disorder. #### Psoriasis Home Remedies 14 tips to ditch the itch. #### Quit Smoking Get your personalized plan. ### Health Solutions Bedroom Germ Traps Birth Control Online Clinical Trials 101 At Home Health Care Treat Pets for Fleas Future Of Health Plan Your Cancer Care Is My Penis Normal? Birth Control Delivery Diagnosing Colorectal Cancer Personalized Supplements Treatments for Psoriasis Kept Your Wisdom Teeth? Power Of Water Kefir Treating Baby Eczema Bent Fingers? ### More from WebMD How Severe Is Your Psoriasis? Live Better With MS Assessment What Is Endometriosis? Macular Degeneration Assessment First Psoriatic Arthritis Flare A Personal Story of RA Beat Crohn's Flares Ways to Prevent Migraines Managing Diabetes at Work Routine Checkups You Shouldn't Miss Avoid Allergy Triggers Living With PAH Stress and Psoriasis Finding the Best MS Care Team What's New in Psoriasis Research Where Breast Cancer Spreads
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Kathleen Zelman
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 She also served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics from 2009 to 2012. 
 Zelman has also served on the professional advisory boards of the Egg Nutrition Center (2006 – date), National Dairy Council (2003 – 2010), General Mills, Inc. (2004 – 2008), Nickelodeon’s “Go Healthy!” Advisory Board (2006 – 2010), Neogenis Labs (2010 – 2011), and hunger charity Share Our Strength’s National Advisory Board (2009 – date). Zelman also advised Jamba Juice via the Healthy Living Council from 2013 – 2015. She has also served as a James Beard Foundation Award judge since 2009. 
 In 2001, Zelman began work in media training and speaks at international meetings for the salmon, almond, egg, dairy, and fish oil industries.   In the 2002-2003 academic year, Zelman taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Food and Nutrition department at Georgia State University.