Background
Smith, Cathy Ann was born on August 21, 1959 in Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Dinney Eugene and Betty Joyce (Steele) Phipps.
Smith, Cathy Ann was born on August 21, 1959 in Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Dinney Eugene and Betty Joyce (Steele) Phipps.
Certified exercise technician, Gloria Stevens Training Center, Boston, 1978; certified eating disorder counselor, I.A.E.D.P., Boca Raton, Florida, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, International Eating Disorder Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1995.
Research analysis Figure Perfections, Miami, Florida, 1980-1986. Area director Living Well, Atlanta, 1986-1987. Executive in charge in Research and Development Weight Warriors, 1986-1995.
Private practice eating disorder counseling Tullahoma, since 1995. Weight management program developer G.W.L., Inc., Conyers, 1984-1990. Educator International Weight Management Association, Tullahoma, 1995-1996.
Guest consultant 11 Alive News, Atlanta, 1990. Consultant, lecturer in field, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Germany, Israel, Bolivia. Program developer Diet by Design.
Trained teen counselors for Crisis Hotline, 1997. Developer, Teens Against Suidice, 1997, founder, Science American Dietology, 2004, American Academy Dietology, 2006, Clinical Development Dietology, 2007. Consultant NBC, since 1996.
Host television program Cathy Smith, 1996-1997.
Consultant American Cancer Society, since 1985, Channel 4 television, Nashville, 1996. Ambassadors of Goodwill, Tennessee, since 1996. Member International Weight Management Association (president, BEO Flag award 1995), International Eating Disorder Association, Better Business Bureau, American Chamber of Commerce.
Married Ivan Richard Smith. Children: Amy, Jamie, Missy, Maddison.