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Janice Baker has been providing diet counseling and medical nutrition therapy since 1982, specializing in weight management, diabetes education, cardiac risk reduction and eating disorders. Ms. Baker's career in nutrition started with hospital dietetics, working with patients in medical, surgical and intensive care units. Other areas of medical nutrition therapy experience include cancer support, home health care, worksite wellness programs, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation.

Ms. Baker has also worked with local school districts to educate students and teachers about childhood nutrition issues. She has developed an accredited school nurse education program on diabetes, as well as health and wellness programs for the North County Transit District bus drivers and train operators. Ms. Baker has written monthly newspaper columns, and has participated in radio, television, and public speaking engagements.

Ms. Baker received her BS in dietetics and food administration from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. She completed a post-graduate dietetic internship at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ms. Baker received her Master of Business Administration from National University in San Diego, California.