Amy Hendel
New York City & Tarzana, CA  |  hendel.amy @  gmail.com
Professional Summary
Amy Hendel is a popular and recognizable medical and lifestyle reporter and expert, columnist and health host. Author of The 4 Habits of Healthy Families (BenBella Books 2010) and Fat Families Thin Families (BenBella Books 2008), Amy can be currently seen as host of Simple Smoothies, Food Rescue and What's for Lunch streaming online and on select cable stations. Amy has hosted numerous lifestyle and health-related TV and radio programs, and is a recognized obesity and nutrition expert, with over 20 years in practice as a Health Coach. She has also collaborated on and hosted a number of health awareness campaigns for companies including Kraft, United Soybean Board, Nutrilite, Dial, Pfizer, 3M, NBC ivillage, and Florida 100% Orange Juice. Amy has been a featured guest expert on Today, The Early Show, Good Morning America, Marie!, Access Hollywood Live, The 700 Club and other local and national news and talk shows.
Core Qualifications
  • Physician Assistant
  • Nutritionist
  • Brand Ambassador
  • Consultant
  • Host
  • Guest expert
  • Health and lifestyle blogger
  • Personal trainer, group instructor
  • Advisory Board member
  • Hosting on TV, radio
  • Contributing expert - food, exercise, lifestyle segments
  • Research and script writing for video health projects
  • Pre-production set up for food, exercise streaming video
  • Blogging
  • Identifying health and lifestyle trends
  • Daily twitter health reports
  • Advisor on health campaigns; assess health value, nutrition breakdown of food products
Experience
Host, Video and TV projects
(See below for specific projects)

Obesity Health Expert and online contributor
www.healthcentral.com
Developed website "connections" including: Obesity, Skin Care, Skin Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction, Sleep, Anxiety
Ongoing expert contributor to Obesity Connection
Winner, Webbies Excellence Award, Silver level, Skin Care Connection, 2010

Health editor and columnist
www.healthcorps.org
Daily blog covering health, lifestyle and HealthCorps' events
Identify product partners for HealthCorps'
Participate in panels, conferences as HealthCorps' health reporter and health editor
Interview celebrities, health experts, and in-house executives for website
Collaborate on Highway to Health programs

Host, TV/Video Projects
Dial Better Skin Better Health
3M Filtrete Water Filter
Nutrilite, Get Your Daily Dose of Color
iVillage Look Good Feel Good
Florida 100% Orange Juice
HealthGuru.com streaming video nutrition/lifestyle segments
Host, Medical Talk and Radio 
Good Eating Good Living, Westwood One Radio
HouseSmarts, Lifestyle segments
HealthZone, PBS
Doctors On Call with Amy Hendel

Brand Ambassador, Consultant, Advisory Board Member, United Soybean Board 
Host, Daily Buzz segment, Healthy Sports Snacking
Contributor and columnist, SoyConnection.com
Newsletter columnist
Brand Ambassador at yearly national AAPA conference
Consultant, nutrition projects

Expert guest/contributor
Marie!
Access Hollywood Live
The Early Show
Good Morning America, Weekend
The Early Show
Today
The 700 Club
Today, Weekend edition
iVillage, In the Loop
HouseSmarts
Fox News
The Donny Deutsch Show/Fox
KNBC
KEYT
KESQ
KCBS

Education
Medical/Health Coach resume

Professional Affiliations
Board member, West Coast Division, American Heart Association
AAPA
NYSSPA
American Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition
International Association of Fitness Professionals (IDEA)
Member, American Diabetes Association
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Headshots
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The 4 Habits of Healthy Families
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Videos