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Cooking Light's Chef
Billy and nutrition expert Colleen Doyle share tips on
eating right and the "Great American Eat Right
Challenge"
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-- Cooking Light's Chef Billy joins the American Cancer Society (ACS)
for the launch of the "Great American Eat Right Challenge." The goal
is to build awareness to the link between being overweight and
cancer risk. A new ACS nationwide survey details these findings and
provides advice on how to live a healthier life.
According to the survey:
Only
eight percent of Americans are aware of the link between excess
weight and cancer (though many understand the link between excess
weight and diabetes and heart disease).
Almost
half of Americans say eating right is the hardest factor for staying
healthy.
Chocolate tops the list of foods Americans can't resist - Americans
don't need to cut junk food out completely, but they do need to cut
them down to size.
Cooking
Light's Chef Billy and nutrition expert Colleen Doyle provide
practical advice and personalized tips on adopting healthy eating
habits, like portion control, as a way to help maintain a healthy
weight and reduce cancer risk.
About
Chef Billy, Cooking Light's First Executive Chef
Billy
Strynkowski joined Cooking Light in 2001 and is the Cooking Light
Supper Club host. He contributes a regular column entitled "Chef
Billy's Kitchen Tips." He is a graduate of Johnson and Wales
University in Providence, Rhode Island. Before working at Cooking
Light, he was the executive chef for Restaurant Associates at the
Time Inc. headquarters in New York City.
About
Colleen Doyle, MS, RD Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity,
American Cancer Society
Colleen
Doyle, MS, RD, is the director of nutrition and physical activity
for the American Cancer Society's National Home Office. In that
capacity, she has been instrumental in developing strategies which
increase awareness of how proper diet and exercise are essential for
chronic disease prevention and management. Doyle has appeared on
national broadcasts, including CNN Headline News, Discovery Health
and the Do It Yourself Network. She is frequently quoted in
publications like USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Los
Angeles Times, and has contributed to several books. She has also
worked on initiatives to create and improve healthy lifestyles in
schools, work sites, and communities.