Women Leading the Way to Wellness Boston Holds Luncheon

On Thursday, November 10, at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston, join Women Leading the Way to Wellness Boston for a luncheon and panel discussion highlighting how tech is helping women lead the way to wellness.

The panel "Nutrition in the 21st Century: Making It Practical" will feature emcee Kelley Tuthill, Vice President Public Relations and Communications, Regis College, plus panelists Elyse Winer, Vice President of Marketing, LoseIt!; Sarah Dussault, Author, YouTuber, Blogger, SarahFit.com; Kara Lydon, RD, LDN, RYT, Author of "Nourish Your Namaste" and The Foodie Dietitian Blog: and Debra Wein, CEO, Wellness Workdays (Moderator).

Women Leading the Way to Wellness Boston is a distinctive networking opportunity highlighting how women play a critical role in their own health and in the members of their households and extended families. This inspiring and informative luncheon panel discussion will explore nutrition-focused technology such as blogs, apps and tracker devices, can help create healthy habits to create a sustainabile lifestyle and make the critical connection between a healthy lifestyle and the prevention and early detection of cancers.

Speaker Barbra Tugman is a cancer survivor who has stayed at Hope Lodge in Boston and participated in the Reach To Recovery program which pairs up breast cancer patients and survivors for one-on-one advice. She now volunteers with the Society in a variety of ways.

The Executive Committee includes: Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDN, LDN, H�lsa Nutrition; Ali Vander Baan, Yintuition Wellness; Wendy Esche, Distinctive Hospitality Group; Kathryn O'Brien, Gulf Oil; Michele Paoli, Esq., National Grid; Addie Swartz, reacHIRE; Delia Vetter, EMC Corporation; Debra Wein, MS, RD, LDN, CWPD, CEO, Wellness Workdays;
Cristina Yannucci, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP; Shannon Stott, Ph.D., MGH Center for Cancer Research & Harvard Medical School.

The American Cancer Society is a global grassroots force of 2.5 million volunteers saving lives and fighting for those who are threatened by every cancer in every community. As the largest voluntary health organization, the Society's efforts have contributed to a 22 percent decline in cancer death rates in the US during the past two decades, and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates. Thanks in part to our progress, nearly 14.5 million Americans who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be able to celebrate life this year. We're determined to finish the fight against cancer. As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit investor in cancer research, we're finding cures and ensuring people facing cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings, clean air, and more.

The panel discussion will be held at 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Omni Parker House Hotel, 60 School St., Boston.