SpeakingAnne is known for her ability to weave together her inspiring findings from real-life success stories with state-of-the art information about health issues. Her motivational speaking appearances have taken place at many consumer events, including women's expos, health fairs, and national recovery group meetings. Not long ago, she drew an audience of more than 1,000 when she spoke about weight control at the convention center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Anne has also been an invited speaker to address both student and professional audiences at Harvard, Cornell, Rutgers, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Pennsylvania. Anne has given major presentations for national meetings of the following organizations: the American Dietetic Association, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, International Diabetes Center, International Association of Culinary Professionals, Society for Nutrition Education, National Fisheries Institute, SMART Recovery, Women for Sobriety, and the Kellogg Nutrition Symposium in Canada. Recently, Anne presented her findings from her new book, Weight Loss Confidential at the national meeting of the American Dietetic Association to an audience of more than 1,000. Most Popular Topics
Recent speaking engagements "Learning From Losers: Success Stories From the Front Line of Weight Loss" for the Congress on Women's Health, Hilton Head Island, SC "Masters of Change: Learning From People Who Have Overcome Lifestyle Problems" and Learning From Losers: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off" for the American Soceity of Bariatric Physicians in Nashville, TN "Weight Loss Confidential: What Formerly Overweight Kids and Their Parents Want Us to Know" for the Healthy Kids in Healthy Places Community Action Forum sponsored by Allina Hospitals & Clinics, the University of Minnesota, and others in St. Paul, MN (Her son, Wes, also shared his experiences as a formerly overweight teen.) "Learning From Losers: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off" for the Association of Health Care Journalists in Los Angeles, CA As part of Anne's 2007 media tour for Weight Loss Confidential, she presented "Learning from Losers: Keys to Success from Adults and Teens Who Lost Weight and Kept it Off" to audiences at Joslyn Diabetes Clinic in Boston, the Dallas School District, Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, HealthPartners in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and more. "Learning From Losers: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off" at the Centers for Obesity Research and Education national meeting in New York City Learning From Losers: New Findings From Adult and Adolescent Weight Maintainers at the national meeting of the American Dietetic Association (co-presented with Holly Wyatt, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center). "Masters of Change: Learning From People Who Have Overcome Lifestyle Problems" at the International Diabetes center Symposium in Minneapolis, MN "Winning at Weight Control: Learning From People Who Have Lost Weight& Kept It Off'" keynote speaker for the Midwest Worksite Health Promotion Conference, Minneapolis, MN "Sober for Good: Varied Solutions for Drinking Problems," at Harvard Medical School's Treating the Addictions Conference, Boston, MA. "Masters of Change: How
People Overcome Lifestyle
Problems and Challenge Our Assumptions" at the annual meeting of the Minnesota
Psychological Association. Followed
by a workshop on Sober
for Good. Proposals Sample on weight management (can be geared for professional or lay audiences): Learning From Losers: Keys to Success from Teens and Adults Who Lost Weight and Kept It Off Learn the secrets of success from hundreds of adults and teenagers who have won the weight battle - from the best-selling author of Thin for Life and the new book, Weight Loss Confidential. Overview Who better to help us reach a healthy weight than people who have succeeded? For her award-winning bestseller, Thin for Life, nationally known author and registered dietitian, Anne Fletcher, went straight to the real experts - hundreds of adults who lost weight and kept it off. Now, she's discovered the success strategies of more than 100 formerly overweight teens for her new book, Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight and Keep It Off - And What They Wish Parents Knew. Featured on the TODAY Show, this is the first book written from the perspective of young people from all walks of life who have succeeded at healthy weight management. In a highly motivating presentation - one filled with success stories, plus before and after photos - Anne shares how the teens and adults in her books lost weight, their secrets for keeping it off, how they shatter myths about weight control, and their strategies for staying motivated. She offers state-of-the art advice based on her ground-breaking findings, interviews with experts, and review of scientific studies in this area. Everyone's talking about our national weight problem. Finally, someone is offering solutions - from people who have “been there.” The emphasis is on sharing practical and healthy strategies that can be used for a lifetime. Presentation length: 45 to 75 minutes Highlights of presentation:
* * * Sample on recovery (can be geared for professional or lay audiences): A NEW LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE SOLVE DRINKING PROBLEMS: Learning from People Who Have Been There By Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD Author, Sober for Good and the Thin For Life Books How do people really overcome drinking problems – whether they go to Alcoholics Anonymous, quit drinking on their own, or seek help from lesser-known recovery programs? For this one- to two-hour seminar, Fletcher gives an overview of her findings from 222 “masters” of former drinking problems -- people who recovered in many different ways, both traditional (AA) and nontraditional. Not only does she present the keys to success common to the masters, but she reveals ways in which many of them challenge long-held assumptions about what it takes to overcome problem drinking and achieve long-term sobriety. Here are just some of the topics covered, always by example of people who have succeeded:
The overriding message of this seminar is that there are no right or wrong answers in sobriety but that people can arrive at the same endpoint in a variety of ways. By offering a host of options, recounting case stories and anecdotes, and sharing findings consistent with scientific studies, Fletcher’s ultimate goal is to help people find solutions that are right for them. Testimonials On weight management:
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