Dr Joy Callender

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Dr. Joy Callender received her PhD (Nutrition) degree from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Tropical Medicine and Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences and has had a private practice in nutrition for about Twenty Five (25) years. Her post-doctoral work includes training in Diabetes Education (Florida); Nutrition Policies and Programmes (Chile) and most recently Clinical Nutrition for the Oncology Patient (Florida). Her other areas of interest include Weight Management and Sports Nutrition. She presently operates the Nutrition Centre at Paisley Avenue and works as a nutrition consultant at the Radiation Oncology Centre in Kingston, and at Doctors Surgi-Centre in Montego Bay. She is also a Weight Management Coach (On-line Consultations), Healthy Lifestyle Consultant (does 'Wellness' Seminars) and a Lecturer (at an Off-shore Medical School). Dr. Callender is a member of the Nutrition and Dietetics Advisory Board at the University of Technology and is a Director on the board of the NCB Foundation. She is the author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is an advocate for disseminating 'healthy lifestyle' information to Jamaicans.