Media and News for Food Fitness

Lisa Dorfman, MS, RD, CSSD, LMHC has been a leader in the health care field for more than two decades, as a licensed nutritionist, licensed psychotherapist, certified coach and athlete working with professional, world and national class athletes, and is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and a Board Certified Professional Counselor. Since 2003, she has been the Sports Nutritionist for the University of Miami, counseling hundreds of athletes, some onto NCAA, Olympic and world titles and careers in football, baseball, basketball, T&F, tennis, diving, and golf. Lisa is personal nutritionist for many professional athletes, including those in the NFL, MLB, PGA, USTA, and boxing. Lisa is also the national Olympic and Paralympics Team Nutritionist for US Sailing, Iron Girl Corp. Nutritionist, and is an adjunct professor in the UM Department of Exercise Sciences.

In addition to her position at UM, Lisa concurrently maintains a Miami based private practice at Miami Plastic Surgery where she counsels with individuals who are contemplating or undergoing cosmetic procedures. Since 1983, she has also consulted to over 15 hospitals and medical centers, Fortune 500 corporations, world-class resorts, and spent a decade working with the Federal Correctional System, and has provided ongoing work for Metro-Dade Police, US Department of Customs, and for The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). She has also been an ongoing educator, counselor and coach to the USOC, USAT&F, USAT, USTA and The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Read her full Bio here

Media Interviews

Health and Nutrition Expert

Alternative Medicine, American Way Magazine, Baltimore Sun, Better Homes and Gardens, Bicycling , Chicago Sun-Times, Cooking Light, Fit, Fitness, Food and Wine, Glamour. Harper’s Bazaar, Health, Her Sports-, Houston Chronicle, Ladies Home Journal, Life, Marie Claire, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Men’s Journal, MORE Magazine, Muscle and Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, Natural Health, New York Post, New York Times, O, Oxygen, People Magazine’s Your Diet, Prevention Magazine Real Simple, Redbook, Running Times, Runners World, Self, Scuba, Shape Smash, Splash, Swimmer, Trail Running Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Weight Watchers, Weill’s Cornell Food & Fitness Newsletter, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Woman’s Day , etc.

Magazine Columns

Nutrition Editor—SoBeFit Magazine (launch date 1/09)

Nutrition Columnist—South Florida Adventures Magazine

Guest Features Writer—HerSports Magazine, Runner’s World Magazine, Prevention, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Irongirl and Ironman Newsletters

Books, Chapters or Magazine Columns

Books:

The Anti Stress Strategy (2009)

Disordered Eating Behaviors throughout the Lifecycle (2009),

The Tropical Diet (2004)

The Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Guide: Peak Performance for Beginners to Gold Medalists (2000)

Book Chapters:

Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 12^th Edition Chapter 23, Nutrition for Exercise and Sports Performance. (W.B. Saunders, 2008);

Krause’s Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 11^th Edition Chapter 44, Medical Nutrition Therapy for Rheumatic Disorders. Krause’s (W.B. Saunders, 2003)

Sports and Cardiovascular Nutritionists (SCAN), Sports Manual, 3^rd Edition, Chapter 46—Tennis; 2nd Edition. “Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia,” American Dietetic Association, 1993.

Sports and Cardiovascular Nutritionists (SCAN), Sports Manual, 3rd Edition. “Competitive Tennis,” American Dietetic Association, 2000.

USAT Coaching Certification Manual, USA Triathlon, “Sports Nutrition Science for the Multisport Athlete, Level I & Level II Elite”- ’98, ‘00.

Television

International and Domestic TV—Health and Nutrition Expert

“E”, 20/20, Dateline-Katie Couric Special, Designing Spaces, FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, ESPN, Discovery Network, Real Simple TV, ABC, NBC & CBS, PBS—National and local Miami Affiliates; Ecuador, News Stations—11/07

Media Spokesperson--2008

National Media Spokesperson—American Dietetic Association 2003-2008

2008-

Quaker Oats—Lite Snacking Spokesperson 2008—TV, print, electronic

Quaker Oats—Designing Spaces—“Smart and Satisfying Snacks: Enjoy the Satisfaction of Staying on Track” 1/08

Gourmet Garden Seasoning—NBC news—“Spices and Nutritional Benefits”

Sorrento Cheese—“Omega-3 and Health Benefits”

Tea Council USA—Fox News- “Tea and Weight Management”

Cherry Marketing Institute--NBC-news, Antioxidants and Training for the Marathon 1/08; Phytonutrients and Inflammation 5/08

Satellite Media Tour—NYC, —"Good Food Fast for Summer" sponsored by SoyJoy, Hormel, & the US Cranberry Commission 5/08

First Juice—Fox News—Obesity prevention in children

Media Tours: TV, Radio and Print—Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Los Angeles, Carmel/Monterey California, Washington, DC, Chicago, Vermont, New York, Aspen, Ecuador, South America, China, etc.

Media Tour Clients: Archer Daniels Midland, ConAgra , Eggland’s Best, Gatorade, Guiltless Gourmet Chips and Dip, M&M/Mars, Mrs. T’s Pierogies, PowerBar, Proctor and Gamble, Tropicana/Quaker Oats, Wishbone

Presentations

National/International Lectures/Seminars:

Races: Los Angeles Marathon, Boston Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon, Big Sur Marathon, Grandmas Marathon, Columbus Marathon, Vermont City and Kansas City Marathons, Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, Great Race-Elkhart, Indiana, etc….

Seminars/National Conventions: American Association of Justice Leadership Meeting , Las Vegas Nevada (AAJ); Bascom Palmer New Horizons in Ophthalmology Meeting, Aspen, CO; US Sailing, Qingdao, China, Hyannis, MA, Long Beach California, Miami, Fl., American Bariatric Society, American College of Sports Medicine, American Dietetic Association, USA Triathlon and USAT&F Certification Courses, USTA Junior Nationals, Federal Correctional Institution