Teaching you how to make your cake & eat it too!Ô

Julie Thurnau, RD, CNSC

Julie is a Registered Dietitian certified in nutrition support with over

15 years of experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from

the University of Cincinnati. She also has completed an internship through the

University of Northern Colorado. She has worked as both an inpatient and

outpatient clinical dietitian. Julie currently consults for various facilities and

counsels patients of all ages. Her area of expertise is helping patients with

multiple dietary concerns, such as patients with a combination of obesity,

diabetes, renal disease and cardiac disease. She has a strong interest

in pediatric weight control and has developed a family oriented weight control

program. She has recently started the Harrisonburg Rockingham Childhood

Obesity Prevention Team.

Robin Atwood, MS, RD, CSO has been a Registered Dietitian since

1989. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Dietetics and Master's degree

in Health Science, both from James Madison University. Her areas of

expertise include nutrition for disease prevention, child nutrition,

vegetarianism, cardiac nutrition, renal nutrition and diabetes management.

She has worked as a public health nutritionist, inpatient and outpatient

clinical dietitian and has been consulting since 2001. Robin is one of the

first dietitians in the nation to become Board Certified as a Specialist in

Oncology Nutrition.

Laura Cason, RD (picture unavailable)

has been a Registered Dietitian since May 2006.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from James Madison University and completed her

Dietetic Internship at Radford University. She has worked as an inpatient and

outpatient clinical dietitian and began consulting in 2007. Her areas of interest include renal nutrition,

cardiac nutrition, and diabetes management. She also has a very strong interest in eating disorders.

Carmen Moreno, MPH, RD (picture unavailable) 

is a Registered Dietitian with a Master’s degree in Public Health. She has over

25 years of experience working in the field of nutrition and public health. She has

extensive experience working with multi-cultural groups, particularly the Latino

population, in different parts of the country. Her areas of expertise include

program planning and development, qualitative health research, materials

development, and chronic disease prevention/care related to diabetes, obesity

prevention, and cardiovascular health. Her personal interests include

environmental nutrition, recipe modification and childhood fitness.

Kara Meeks, MS, RD (picture unavailable)

is a Registered Dietitian and exercise scientist with over 15 years of experience.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from Ohio’s Miami University

and a Master’s degree in Kinesiology from James Madison University.

She completed her dietetic internship at the Medical College of Virginia.

Kara has worked as both an inpatient and outpatient clinical dietitian, as well

as a fitness director. Kara has a strong interest in wellness, including

weight management for both children and adults. She also has

a passion for sports nutrition.

Sara Stover, RD (picture unavailable)

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