Joanne Larsen is a registered and licensed dietitian with extensive clinical experience in nutrition counseling in hospitals, clinics, mental health, and nursing homes. She has a bachelor's degree in dietetics with a minor in chemistry and a masters degree in nutrition with a minor in counseling and guidance. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the Society for Nutrition Education.

As the editor for the American Dietetic Association's new online diet manual covering over 70 diseases, Joanne developed a research based nutrition practices manual with patient education materials. It is used by thousands of dietitians in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and private practice.

Ask the Dietitian ^SM website launched July 1995 and maintained by Joanne Larsen is one of the first nutrition sites on the Internet and has won many awards. Joanne is often interviewed as a nutrition expert for television, radio, newspaper, and magazine nutrition articles including ABCNews.com.

Since 1989, Joanne has designed diet analysis software as well as food and ingredient databases for several software companies. Starting in 1995, she created web tools and nutrition content for many successful Internet companies. In 2000, Joanne has developed nutrition software for PDAs as well as marketing health technology products like a bar code scanner for consumers to make healthier food choices.

In 1995, Joanne wrote "Edmund's Food Ratings for Dieters" which sold over 10,000 copies in 6 months. She created the food ratings to help consumers compare how well a food fit in their weight loss plan.

Her teaching experiences at the University at Minnesota Duluth and two Minnesota Community Colleges provided her with the opportunity to share her knowledge and clinical experience as a nutrition educator with undergraduate and graduate students.

Her skills are integrating nutrition and technology for consumer and professional audiences. If your company needs marketing for or development of a nutrition or health technology product, contact at dietitian.com.