Understanding the Link Between Diet Quality and Physical Fitness

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Understanding strategies for optimizing physical performance are of interest within the military and athletic communities. While performance nutrition recommendations are typically perceived as energy and nutrient intake, diet quality has begun to garner recognition in its role in optimizing physical performance, and prevention of injury and illness to support exercise training. In this webinar, we will explore the relationships between eating styles, diet quality, and physical fitness and discuss practical applications for develop appropriate dietary recommendations to optimize physical performance.

This webinar has been submitted for one CPEU by CDR for dietetic professionals.  

Presenter: Jillian Robillard, MS, RD, LDN, of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Bio:

Jillian Robillard, MS, RD, LDN, is a registered and licensed dietitian currently working as research dietitian for the U.S. Army’s Military Nutrition Division. She coordinates complex human nutrition randomized control trials used to provide the biomedical science basis for developing new rations, menus, policies, and programs to enable warfighter readiness and optimal performance. She also runs her own private practice, Whole Balanced Nutrition, with emphasis on evidence based, sustainable and balanced eating habits. Allen also acts as a nutrition consultant for a public school system in the Boston area and medical reviewer for Help Guide. Allen received her Master of Science in nutrition from Simmons University in Boston and her Bachelor of Science in health science and public health from Boston University.