Amy Scholten, MPH earned a Bachelor of Science degree in food and nutrition from Framingham State College in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1989 and a Master of Public Health degree in health promotion and education from the University of South Carolina, Columbia in 1992. Ms. Scholten has worked as a nutrition educator and weight loss consultant since 1987. She began her career as a college student with the University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

Since then, she has served as:

• Writer/Editor for Carolina Healthstyle (now Prevention Partners), the South Carolina State Employee Wellness Program
  
• Health Educator for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and for Susquehanna Health System in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  
• Director of Marketing and Contributing Editor for The Prevention Researcher
  newsletter in Eugene, Oregon
  
• Health Writer/Editor for HealthGate in Burlington, Massachusetts.
  
  

  Ms. Scholten has authored numerous articles and publications on nutrition and health for hospital web sites and community health education programs throughout the United States. Currently, she is a freelance writer, publisher and public health researcher. In her spare time, Ms. Scholten enjoys painting, writing poetry, playing the guitar, and studying eastern philosophy. Her active lifestyle includes hiking, cross country skiing, mountain biking, and in-line skating. She lives with her husband Brian and Swedish Vallhund, Nina.