Dr. Iris Mercado has worked at Hostos Community College-CUNY since 2004 as a Tenured Assistant Professor teaching Nutrition and Health courses and is the Health Education Unit Coordinator. She holds a EdD in Health Education, MS in Public Health an
...MoreDr. Iris Mercado has worked at Hostos Community College-CUNY since 2004 as a Tenured Assistant Professor teaching Nutrition and Health courses and is the Health Education Unit Coordinator. She holds a EdD in Health Education, MS in Public Health and Nutrition, BA in Nutrition and Dietetics and certificates in Weight Control Management and Sports Nutrition. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr. Mercado is currently working on a weight management book for Latinos in the US. Her areas of expertise are nutrition, weight management, health education, public health, and health promotion and prevention in regards to major chronic diseases. With over 27 years of experience as a health educator and nutritionist/dietitian, Dr. Mercado is committed to the belief that people can change behaviors and adopt a healthy lifestyle with the appropriate support and motivation. She intends to broaden the reach of her positive influence and continue motivating and affecting the lives of her students and clients by spreading health information through the Healthy Hostos blog and a weight management book for the Latino population. The book's main focus is to show people how to eat well and keep a healthy weight without giving up their cultural foods like “rice and beans”.
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