John Brian Westerdahl

Background

Westerdahl, John Brian was born on December 3, 1954 in Tucson. Son of Jay E. and Margaret (Meyer) Westerdahl.

Education

Associate of Arts, Orange Coast College, 1977; Bachelor of Science, Pacific Union College, 1979; Master in Public Health, Loma Linda U., 1981.

Career

Nutritionist, health educator, Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hawaii., 1981-1984; health promotion coordinator, Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hawaii., 1984-1987; assistant director health promotion, Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hawaii., 1987-1988; director health promotion, Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hawaii., 1988-1989; director health promotion and nutritional services, Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hawaii., since 1998; director nutrition and health research, Health Science, Santa Barbara, California, 1989-1990; senior nutritionist, project manager, Shaklee Corporation, San Francisco, 1990-1996; director nutrition, Doctor McDougall's Right Foods, Inc., South San Francisco, since 1996; member of faculty staff, director continuing education, American Academy Nutrition, since 1996. Talk show host Nutrition and You, Station KGU Radio, Honolulu, 1983-1989. Nutrition committee member Hawaii division American Heart Association, Honolulu, 1984-1987.

Member nutrition study group governments Conference Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Hawaii, 1985.

Achievements

• John Brian Westerdahl has been listed as a noteworthy Nutritionist, health educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine by Eric Tucker, John Westerdahl, Sascha Weiss (1998) Paperback

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • The Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Sports Medicine, American Dietetic Association (California coordinator vegetarian nutrition dietetic practice group), American Nutritionists Association, American College Nutrition, Society for Nutrition Education, National Wellness Association, Nutrition Today Society, American Society Pharmacognosy, Institute Food Technologists, Hawaii Nutrition Council (vice president 1983-1986,m president-elect 1988-1989, president 1989), Hawaii Dietetic Association, California Dietetic assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, several other professional associations.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, scuba diving.

Connections

Married Doris Mui Lian Tan, November 18, 1989. 1 child, Jasmine Leilani.

Father:

Jay E. Westerdahl

Mother:

Margaret (Meyer) Westerdahl

Spouse:

Doris Mui Lian Tan

child:

Jasmine Leilani Westerdahl