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Zonya Foco
Born
Zonya Edwards

(1963-03-21) March 21, 1963 (age 61)
Occupation(s)Professional Speaker, Author, TV show host
Years active1986-present
SpouseScott Foco
Children1
Websitehttp://www.zonya.com

Zonya Foco, RD, CHFI, CSP (born Zonya Edwards on March 21, 1963 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)[1] is an Professional Speaker,[2] television chef, and writer. She focuses more on healthy eating than on dieting.

Foco received her bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1987 and worked for eight years as a clinical nutritionist for the Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor.[3][4] Zonya has appeared on local newscasts, nationally syndicated daytime talk shows, and QVC. She has been published in Prevention, Today's Dietitian, Total Health, and Fast and Healthy Cooking.[3]

Family/Personal life

Foco and her husband Scott have one child, Ridge.[5] Scott Foco serves as executive producer of the PBS program Zonya s Health Bites out of their home on Osprey Lake in Onsted, Michigan, about an hour's drive northwest of Toledo, Ohio.[5]

Writings

Her experiences led her to write Lickety-Split Meals for Health Conscious People on the Go in 1998. She also authored The Power of One Good Habit and Water With Lemon.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Birth reference results for Zonya Edwards Foco". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Zonya Foco - Inspiring Everyday Health". Zonya Foco. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  3. ^ a b "Zonya Foco's official biographical sketch". Zonya.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  4. ^ Bio page at Capitol City Speakers Bureau
  5. ^ a b Weber, Ann (January 21, 2007). "Tuning into Healthy Eating". Toledo Blade (.com). Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  6. ^ AEI Speakers Bureau