Jennifer K. Reilly, R.D.
Jennifer K. Reilly, R.D., is senior nutritionist for The Cancer
Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization
dedicated to advancing new approaches to cancer prevention
and survival through nutrition education and research.
As senior nutritionist, Ms. Reilly is currently conducting
a study of The Cancer Project’s Food for Life cooking
classes to evaluate the effectiveness of the class series
in changing participants’ dietary habits.
Ms. Reilly
developed the nationwide Food for Life: Nutrition and Cooking
Class Series for Cancer Prevention and Survival. Launched
in 2001, these classes are designed to teach cancer survivors
and their friends and families how certain foods and nutrients
work to promote or discourage cancer growth, along with simple
cooking demonstrations that can be recreated easily at home.
Ms.
Reilly also helped write and produce the corresponding class
handbook, The Survivor’s
Handbook, and
video, Eating Right for Cancer Survival.
Ms. Reilly’s
study on the consumer cost of calcium from food and supplements
was published in The Journal of the
American Dietetic Association in 2002. Her study on
the acceptability of soymilk among elementary school children
was published in the April 2006 issue. She is also on the
expert nutrition panel for the four-book series Healthy
Eating for Life, which
has one book focused on cancer prevention and survival.
Ms.
Reilly received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from
Pennsylvania State University in 1997 and completed her registered
dietetic degree with Virginia Tech in 1998.
Before
joining The Cancer Project in 2004, Ms. Reilly served as
the nutrition projects coordinator for the Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine for four years.
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