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Founded in 2000
by Tracy Fox, MPH, RD, Food,
Nutrition & Policy
Consultants (FNPC) specializes
in food and nutrition policy
and programs
at the federal, state, and
local levels, including:
- Nutrition
assistance programs
- Child
nutrition and obesity
- School and
community health and
wellness
- National,
state and local lobbying and
advocacy
Core services
are:
- Policy
research, analysis and
development
- Government
affairs and liaison
- Advocacy
training and tools
development
- Coalition
building
- Public
speaking
- Authoring
guidance, best practices,
articles, publications,
testimony and other
materials
Results
Tracy has helped
many government, school,
nonprofit and for-profit
organizations through changes
to improve their environment.
Highlights include:
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Robert
Wood
Johnson Foundation:
policy efforts on child
nutrition issues;
coordinating activities
of major funded programs
on child nutrition
policies and programs;
developing/reviewing
weekly updates on
federal and state
initiatives and policies
impacting childhood
obesity; analyzing
regional food systems
issues to develop
recommendations for the
foundation on funding
priorities and
opportunities to support
regional food systems
with an emphasis on low
income communities.
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Voices
for
Healthy Kids:
leading team to provide
technical assistance and
develop alerts, issue
briefs and model
comments for state
school food legislative
and regulatory
activities.
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Healthy
Eating
Research National
Program of the
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation:
Led, co-chaired and
participated in several
expert panels to develop
guidelines for healthy
beverages, food
marketing definitions,
and performance
standards for
restaurants.
- Centers
for
Disease
Control and Prevention:
collect,
analyze, document and
publicize success stories of
school and district-based
nutrition and physical
activity initiatives;
evaluate promising childhood
obesity prevention projects
across the country in
daycares, school districts,
after school programs and
farmers markets.
- Institute
of Medicine:
member
of
several IOM Expert
Committees including
Nutrition Standards
for Foods In School
Committee, Childhood
Obesity Prevention
at the State and
Local Levels, and
Front of Pack
Nutrition Ratings
and Symbols.
(See Products
Link to view
reports.)
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- Hannaford
Brothers
Scientific
Advisory Panel:
member of advisory board for
New England grocery chain on
in-store nutrition
navigation initiative,
resulting in consumer
choices of healthier
options.
- Action
for
Healthy
Kids Foundation:
member of Strategic Advisory
Committee; consultant to
develop wellness policy
tools and criteria for
school-based nutrition and
physical activity “best
practices,” evaluate current
practices and promote
criteria and practices
nationally.
- Montgomery
County
PTA
and School Health
Council:
as a registered dietitian
and parent leader, advocated
for changes to the school
system’s vending policies
and products; built
strategies through teamwork
that lead to significant
improvements in foods and
beverages allowed in
schools.
- Produce
for
Better
Health Foundation:
co-lead effort to develop a
National
Action Plan
identifying 80 strategies to
drive fruit and vegetable
consumption in 12 different
settings.
A full list is
included under portfolio.
Tracy is
passionate about positively
impacting her environment, and
the policies surrounding it,
to make it easier for all
people to have access to a
healthy diet and opportunities
to be physically active.
Her strength
lies in her ability to take a
project from the initial
stages of in-depth research
and analysis to development of
policies, programs, and action
plans including advocacy,
training and technical
assistance.
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Background
Tracy
Fox is a Registered
Dietitian and
President of Food,
Nutrition & Policy
Consultants, LLC with
over 25 years of
experience working in
the federal government
and the private
sector. Areas of
expertise include
child nutrition and
school health,
nutrition education,
food labeling and
marketing, federal,
state and local
nutrition and physical
activity policy,
advocacy and
government relations.
Clients range from
Federal, State and
local agencies
including the US
Department of
Agriculture and the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
as well as the Robert
Wood Johnson
Foundation, Feeding
America and the
Partnership for a
Healthier America.
Tracy has served (and
serves) on numerous
boards and committees
including IOM’s
Nutrition Standards
for Foods in School;
Local Government
Actions to Prevent
Childhood Obesity; and
Front of Pack
Nutrition Rating
Systems and Symbols.
Previous positions
included policy
analyst with USDA’s
Food and Nutrition
Service, the Academy
of Nutrition and
Dietetics (Washington,
DC office), past
president of the
Society for Nutrition
Education and
Behavior, and retired
Commander, US Navy.
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Education
Tracy received a
Master of Public Health from
the University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public
Health, and a Bachelor of
Science, cum laude, in the
Coordinated Undergraduate
Program in Dietetics at Hood
College. Tracy has been a
Registered Dietitian for over
25 years.
Biography
(pdf
file) – a brief bio
highlighting areas of
expertise and background.
Curriculum
Vitae (pdf file)
- full list of
presentations, publications,
media work, training, and
professional work.
Contact Tracy
for a free, no obligation
assessment on how FNPC can
benefit your organization's or
business' need for change.
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