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Judith has written more than 1,400 articles for consumers and health professionals, many for custom publications that reach millions of readers each year.

 

A few examples:

"Occasional Vegetarians" GreenWise Market Magazine.

"Guys' Guide to Smarter Eating." GreenWise Market Magazine.

"Nutritional New Math." Greenwise Market Magazine.

"Preventing Childhood Obesity." StayWell Publications.

"5 Surprising Diet Derailers." Greenwise Market Magazine.

"Medical Advice: Expired." GreenWise Market Magazine.

www.nestle-fitness.com. Recipes and food photography for Nestle's multi-country European website.

"Obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease." Metabolic Syndrome Insights & Outcomes.

 

Some of the 80+ publications and websites Judith has written for:

ActiveBlue (Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts)

Aetna's patient magazines on asthma, diabetes, and heart disease

Albuquerque Journal

American Legion Magazine (regular contributor to Living Well section)

Arthritis Today magazine

Asthma Outlook (Healthways patient magazine)

Breathing Easy Outlook ( Healthways patient magazine)

Connections 2 Health—Hepatitis (Horizon Blue Cross NJ)

Connections 2 Health—Asthma (Horizon Blue Cross NJ)

Costco Pharmacy Guide to Healthy Living

Diabetes Outlook (Healthways patient magazine)

Digest (StayWell Custom Communications)

Eatbetteramerica.com (General Mills)

For Better Health

Good Medicine (Horizon Health)

GreenWise (Publix Supermarkets print and online magazine)

Health Factor (Western Health Advantage)

Health Journal (Tufts Health Plan)

Health Journal Silver Edition (StayWell Custom Communications)

Health Matters

Health News

Healthful (Aetna's magazine for senior health plan members)

Healthy Heart Outlook (Healthways patient magazine)

Healthy Outlook (Aetna member magazine)

Healthy Weight Outlook (Healthways patient magazine)

Healthy Workplace (StayWell Custom Communications)

Health Journal Silver (StayWell Custom Communications)

Health Matters (Lutheran Medical Center)

Horizon Blue Cross (patient magazines: asthma, COPD, diabetes, healthy weight, heart disease, hepatitis, hypertension and multiple sclerosis)

In Touch (Blue Cross Blue Shield NC)

Living Healthy

Living More (Rite-Aid)

Los Alamos Monitor

Making Sense of Your Health (United Health Care)

Meridian Health Views

Notables (Dean Health Plan)

OptumHealth (patient magazines: diabetes, heart disease)

Regarding Health (Little Company of Mary Hospital)

Secure Horizons (United Healthcare)

Simply Women (OSF Saint Francis Medical Center)

Smart Talk

StayWell Solutions, private online health portal for health plans, hospitals, and businesses

Taking Care (OptumHealth)

Vytra Living (Vytra Health Plans)

 

Books and Book SectionsBooks by Judith

 

Human Diseases and Conditions. 2nd ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribners, October 2009 (contributing writer).

Medical encyclopedia (digital), Mosby Consumer Health, 1997 (contributing writer).

Advanced Weight Control Techniques: Behavior Modification, by Elizabeth Somer MA, RD and Ralph LaForge MS, San Diego: Western Schools, 1994 (contributing editor, six chapters).

Nutrition and Health. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992.

"Without qualification, the best concise but thorough presentation of contemporary content. Students will love this book." D. D., SUNY-Buffalo, NY

The Wellness Lifestyle (with Richard G. Schlaadt). Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992.

Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia Volume 10: Nutrition and Health. Grolier Educational Corporation, 1992.

Grolier Wellness Encyclopedia Volume 16: The Wellness Lifestyle (with RIchard G. Schlaadt). Grolier Education Corporation, 1992.

Stress and Nutrition. Health Media of America Nutrition Series. San Diego: Health Media of America, 1986.

Seniors and Nutrition. Health Media of America Nutrition Series. San Diego: Health Media of America, 1986.

Hair, Skin, Nails and Nutrition. Health Media of America Nutrition Series. San Diego: Health Media of America, 1986.

 

Medical/Scientific

  • Research reviews
  • Continuing education materials
  • Monographs and backgrounders
  • Research proposals and protocols
  • Scientific papers
  • Teaching and training materials

Recent projects:

  • A series of articles for Asthma Insights & Outcomes, COPD Insights & Outcomes, Diabetes Insights & Outcomes, Heart Disease Insights & Outcomes, and Metabolic Syndrome Insights & Outcomes, disease management publications for physicians.
  • Summaries of clinical practice guidelines concerning acute coronary syndromes, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, hemochromatosis and sleep apnea for the National Guidelines Clearinghouse, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Judith has developed reports, articles, or educational materials for:

National agencies: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Guidelines Clearinghouse, National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

Health organizations and publishers: Aetna, American Academy of HIV Medicine, American Healthways, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, ECRI Institute, Health Ink, Lovelace Health Plan, Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, Meredith Publishing, Mosby Consumer Health, Optum, StayWell Custom Communications, Thomson Gale Publishers

Others: Boerhinger Ingelheim, Bristol Myer Squibb, Contel Inc., EasyRead Copywriting, Garrison Consulting Group, GlaxoSmithKline, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Merck, MRM Worldwide, The Nestle Company, New Mexico Department of Health, Parke-Davis, Pfizer

 

She is the author or co-author of papers published in:

American Heart Journal

American Journal of Gastroenterology

American Journal of Hypertension

American Journal of Managed Care

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Chest

Diabetes Care

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Epilepsia

European Journal of Respiratory Diseases

European Respiratory Journal

Gastroenterology

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Journal of Hypertension

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Los Alamos Monitor

Public Health Nursing

Respiratory Medicine

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