Do you have questions or concerns about your child’s diet? The Nutrition Nibbles Help Desk is for you, then! On Monday evenings through December, from 5-9 pm, Registered Dietetic Technician/Nutritionist Gia DeMartinis will be available at Westchester Public Library’s main branch, Thomas Library, 200 W. Indiana Avenue, Chesterton, in the Children’s Department.
Nutrition Nibbles is a weekly healthy eating help desk for nutrition-related questions. Miss Gia will help you find answers.
DeMartinis earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Trinity Christian College with a Biology major and a minor in Chemistry. She also earned an Associate’s Degree in Applied Nutrition from Central Arizona College. She has worked at Kraft Genral Foods performing vitamin analysis of foods. She also served a Dietetic internship at Methodist Hospitals in Gary and Merrillville and Methodist Cardiac Rehab Center and Outpatient Diabetes Clinic, and worked at Methodist Hospital in Merrillville. She has presented a number of health-related programs at the library.
For more information, contact the Children’s Department at Thomas Library, 926-7696.