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Cathy Nonas directs the New York City Health Department�s Physical Activity and Nutrition program within the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Trained as a clinical dietitian, she has published a number of peer-reviewed articles and has contributed to many books on type 2 diabetes and obesity prevention/ treatment while at the federally funded Obesity Research Center. Since joining the Health Department almost four years ago, Nonas has worked on many policy and program initiatives to combat obesity, increase access to healthy foods and improve physical activity opportunities in underserved neighborhoods. Among other efforts, her team has helped develop New York City�s calorie-posting regulation, the Pouring on the Pounds anti-sugar sweetened beverage campaign, the NYC Green Cart initiative (an effort to expand the number of mobile food vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables), Health Bucks and the Healthy Bodega Initiative among others.
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