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Registered dietitian nutritionist, certified lactation counselor, and public health advocate, Ellen McKnight Hill, engages the audience in a dialogue to which they can all relate: chronic disease. She shares how healthy communities are built on a foundation of access, education, and opportunity, expounding on her words, 'Heart attack doesn’t have to be our family history, and diabetes doesn’t have to be our destiny. Ellen McKnight Hill believes that healthy communities are built on a foundation of access, education and
opportunity. Promoting healthy lifestyle changes and providing urban communities with economic
development opportunities by way of fresh food access is Ellen’s passion. Ellen is a registered dietitian
nutritionist, certified lactation counselor, and public health advocate. Ellen is the principal of The Maxine
Firm. The Maxine Firm is a nutrition, wellness and public health engagement firm. The Maxine Firm is made
up of a network of minority healthcare professionals whose primary objective is chronic disease prevention
in rural and urban communities. Heart attack doesn’t have to be our family history and diabetes doesn’t
have to be our destiny. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx