| Kindy is a Registered Dietitian and Licensed HUGS.com International facilitator with “Growing Strong Youth Promotions” is a spokesperson for adolescent health prevention issues. Based in Saratoga Springs, New York, she is an author, trainer, mentor, and wellness advocate for the non-diet approach to fitness. Kindy is involved with training youth leaders and teens to live and grow strong through national youth events. Currently, she is collaborating with youth focused organizations, the media, and teen advertisers to promote media literacy and body vitality in Generation Y. Her vision is to promote the transformation of youth by reducing diet behaviors, negative self-talk, eating disorders, and unresolved obesity issues through educational training programs, technology, and the media.She is the coordinator for the HUGS.com GET REAL Online Classes for Teens and has represented HUGS International at the University of Chicago's conference on "New Approaches to Health for Children and Adolescents of All Sizes". Kindy is a former Americorp volunteer who has worked with at-risk youth in Albany, NY and has been featured on radio and television regarding child obesity. She represents the New York State Dietetic Association as a media representative for health issues and is on the executive committee of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs of the American Dietetic Association. Kindy speaks and writes for F.I.T. on a variety of health and fitness issues.
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