Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Marcia Magnus

Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street Miami, FL 33199, USA

Biography

Dr. Marcia Magnus has been an associate professor in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at FIU since 1991. Formerly, she was a public health nutritionist at the United Nations Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, which offered technical assistance in nutrition to 21 Caribbean countries. As a UN consultant, she developed the Nutrition Plans of Action for Monserrat, Dominica, and the Bahamas; and conducted training for practicing nutrition professionals. Her research focuses on cross-cultural nutrition, readability of nutrition education materials, weight perception, barbershop nutrition education and drug-nutrient interactions.

Publications

Sports Nutrition Knowledge and Practices of Personal Trainers

Florida and 45 other states prohibit the practice of dietetics and nutrition by individuals who fail to satisfy certain minimum standards of education and training. Nonetheless, personal trainers (PTrs) in national chain gyms regularly engage in the unlicensed practice of nutrition counseling. The purpose of this study was to assess the sports nutr... Read More»

Jessica Weissman, Marcia Magnus, Theophile Niyonsenga and Andrea Roofe Sattlethight

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 2013, 3:254

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000254

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