Christiane Wert Rivard

Christiane Wert Rivard, MPH, RD, is the Project Director for the e.n.e.r.g.y. (eating nutritiously, exercising regularly, and growing “y”-isely™) program, where she oversees the implementation and evaluation of the program. She has worked within nonprofit organizations since 2000, as the former program director of a national foundation focused on childhood obesity treatment, and is a Registered Dietitian with a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.  With extensive experience as a pediatric nutritionist, Ms. Rivard has counseled families with children with a variety of nutritional disorders including overweight and obesity, feeding issues, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and failure to thrive. She has over 14 years of developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating comprehensive, intensive behavioral childhood obesity interventions with equal focus on diet, physical activity and behavior modification.