DeCA offers online dietitian service

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The Defense Commissary Agency has its own dietitian who is available to help the retiree community lose weight, get in shape and maintain good health.

Maj. Karen Fauber offers a weekly online column, "The Dietitian's Voice," and a discussion forum, "Ask the DeCA Dietitian" on the agency's Web site at www.commissaries.com/. Just click on the "Healthy Living" tab in the top navigation bar to find the link to the DeCA Dietitian page.

Visitors to the site will find suggestions for eating healthy, such as a variety of nutrition tips and meal choices. People can also submit questions to Major Fauber, and participate in an online forum to discuss healthy eating and shopping ideas.

Major Fauber is a registered and licensed dietitian with more than 16 years of military service, including experience as a certified diabetes educator in Army medical facilities and public health clinics. She earned a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Georgia Southern University and a master's degree in education and human development from George Washington University. The major interned at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, and is currently enrolled in an online doctoral program in health education through A.T. Still University in Missouri.