Katie is a wholistic nutritionist and a personal trainer. Her approach to wellness does not mean eliminating entire food groups or spending hours on the tread mill. She trains her clients to lead balanced lives, to eat whole foods and to exercise because they love to, not because of guilt.

I like Katie's approach and I wondered what her thoughts were on how proper nutrition and movement affects performance in school. So I asked her to talk about these things as they relate to students in school.

Katie has evidence to suggest that students coming out of school are not equipped with the knowledge to lead them to a healthy and energized life. Many of her clients are unaware of what good eating habits are or how to exercise in a gym or on their own (other than some cardio). I tried to get her to talk about some recent research on epigenetics as it relates to nutrition and I loved her answer, which was don't over-complicate things.

In school, do we over-complicate things because we think that makes for good education? Or do we omit things that we shouldn't because we as teachers don't have a good grasp of it? Whatever the case may be, a brain won't work well in an unhealthy body.

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