Currently working as a nutrition writer, Maggie Moon combines her background in language arts with training in nutrition science to convey accurate evidence-based information to a range of audiences from researchers to consumers.
Maggie Moon was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley, then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in Nutrition and Education from Columbia University Teachers College. She completed her clinical training at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell; and has community setting work experience from United Way of NYC, Columbia Head Start, and the Healthy Schools, Healthy Families program of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian.
She has served on the Executive Committee of the American Dietetic Association’s Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (2008-2009), and from 2005-2007, Ms. Moon was editor of a publication focusing on nutrition, physiology and public health.
Maggie Moon is based in Park Slope, Brooklyn in New York City.
Current professional affiliations include:
- American Dietetic Association
- New York State Dietetic Association
- Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition practice group
- Weight Management practice group
- Pediatric Nutrition practice group
- Food & Culinary Professionals practice group
- Public Health/Community Nutrition practice group
- Nutrition in Complementary Care practice group
- Nutrition Educators of Health Professionals practice group
- Nutrition Entrepreneurs practice group
- Dietitians in Business and Communications practice group
