About Nutritionist Georgia Kostas

Georgia Kostas, MPH, RD, LD is an award-winning, nationally recognized nutrition and diet expert. She is a registered dietitian, public speaker, author, nutrition consultant, diet counselor, and media spokesperson. She has her own consulting business.

ADA National Award

In 2007, The American Dietetic Association honored Georgia with the Medallion Award, the highest award it confers, for her advancement of the nutrition profession and her innovative preventive cardiology and weight loss programs.

In 2006, Georgia was named Distinguished Dietitian of the Year by the Texas Dietetic Association. For 25 years, Georgia served as Founder and Director of Nutrition at the world-renowned Cooper Clinic in Dallas, TX, diet counseling over 30,000 individuals.

Specialties
Georgia's specialties include healthy eating, weight loss, heart health, prevention, wellness, and sports nutrition. Georgia serves as a nutrition consultant to numerous organizations, corporate wellness programs, the media and restaurants.

An energetic and enthusiastic nutrition speaker, Georgia
has presented nutrition and wellness talks to professionals, corporate wellness groups, and the public.

She is a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the American Dietetic Association Foundation (scholarship committee), Texas Dietetic Association (board of directors 2005-2006), Dallas Dietetic Association, and several ADA specialty practice groups - Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists, Weight Management dietitians, Dietitians in Business and Communications, Nutrition Entrepreneurs, and Food & Culinary Professionals. She is also a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier.

Publications and Media
Georgia has authored numerous books, including: The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution: Step Up to the Plate, The Balancing Act Nutrition and Weight Guide, The Guilt-Free Comfort Food Cookbook and What's Cooking at the Cooper Clinic. She contributed nutrition chapters to four books by Dr. Kenneth Cooper and to Renie Steve's Ft. Worth is Cooking! Health professionals use her healthy eating teaching handouts and nutrition and weight loss guidebook with classes and individuals.

Georgia is frequently quoted in popular print media such
as Reader's Digest, Woman's World, Shape, Fitness,
Men's Health, Good Housekeeping, First, Prevention, and Better Homes & Gardens. She has been a guest on over 100 radio and television programs, and teaches nutrition
in Mike Ditka's video "Straight from the Heart" (1989)
and the American Heart Association's video titled
"An Active Partnership for the Health of Your Heart,"
(2004).

Education and Awards
Georgia received the ADA's "Sports and Cardiovascular Nutritionists' Achievement Award" in 1990 and the "Young Dietitian of the Year" from Texas in 1981. She completed a bachelor's degree in Biology from Rice University, a master's degree in Public Health Nutrition from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and dietetic residency at Oschner Hospital in New Orleans.

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