Biography
Diane Welland is a registered dietitian and freelance writer/consultant
specializing in consumer, custom and trade publications related to food, nutrition,
food service, health and fitness. A New Jersey native, she worked in both New
York City and New Jersey before moving to Northern Virginia to become Manager
of Nutrition Services/Media Spokesperson for the National Restaurant Association
in Washington, DC. Three years later she left that position to pursue her first love:
writing.

Today Welland follows culinary, nutrition and lifestyle trends and often translates
scientific information into layman's terms.  She is just as comfortable interviewing
chefs and food service operators as she is talking to leading scientists.  During her
16-year freelance career she spent five years as Executive Director and Director  of
Communications for the International Caterers Association and 13 years as
editor/copywriter for two US Food service publications: HealthNext and
Quintessential.

Currently she is contributing editor for Environmental Nutrition Newsletter and
teaches nutrition at Northern Virginia Community College in addition to
freelancing. Her work can be seen in Relish Magazine, Today's Dietitian, Cowboys
and Indians, Clean Eating, Vegetarian Times, Sizzle, National Culinary Review,
Pizza Today, Arthritis Today and Cooking Light.  She also does recipe development
and testing.  

Welland is an active member of the American Dietetic Association's Food and
Culinary Practice Group and in-coming chair of the Nutrition and Food Science
Section of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Her clients come
from trade associations, publishing companies, public relations firms and
corporations across the country.  She has a Masters of Science in Nutrition Science
from New York University and dual Bachelor degrees in Communications and
Human Nutrition from Rutgers University.

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Diane Welland at cooking school in Liguria, Italy.