Nadine Campbell, R.N.

The mystery of obesity and the related metabolic complexities we call adult chronic disease is solvable. Collectively we understand the importance of keeping our food supply clean and free of pathogens. In fact we call the illness that arise from eating spoiled food – ‘Food Borne Disease’. We have public health officials who inspect our food supplies from the farm to the grocery store. Our restaurants and kitchens have many procedures in place for the safety of the food we eat. We have more choices, better cooking methods, and industrial size appliances gracing our homes today than ever before. In fact we are making our new appliances so complex that most of us will be finding out how to use our convection ovens in time for them to become obsolete.

Food borne disease, then, is commonly thought of a problem with spoiled food. My book, ‘Why You Can’t Have Your Cake & Eat It Too’, offers stunning information on the perplexing problem of obesity, insulin resistance, and it’s unmistakable connection to the way we nourish ourselves with food. The what, who, and when of the evolution of our obesity epidemic is described in language and metaphor that will create understanding, yet based on solid scientific principles. We cannot solve our current public health crisis of obesity with the same level of thinking that created it. We must see it with fresh eyes, and begin to take action on a very individual level. The steps to make these individual changes are presented in a way that provides resources and plans of action. Action is going to be the largest part of this understanding.

About The Author

Has had a long career in nursing after graduating from Swedish Covenant Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago 39 years ago. She had worked in Chicago area hospitals when the specialty care units were being used for the first time. She saw many of the transitions of equipment and technique for patient care. After working in the Detroit area, she came to Tempe Arizona; she continued to work in offices assisting in management and minor surgery. Volunteering in the community has always been a part of her nursing commitment. Parenthetically between the office work and the volunteerism, she began to work with deconditioned adults in a health club setting. Here the mystery of adult chronic disease began to unfold. Soon she obtained a position working with a physician whose specialty was ‘Bariatric Medicine’. It was during this 31/2-year period her working relationships with patients revealed the mystery behind adult chronic disease. Fortunately her mentor was generous in sharing what he knew, and all the research materials available at the time. She obtained some further training in coaching and mentoring from the National Institutes of Behavioral Medicine. She is a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association, Noetic Institute, and the Association for Humanistic Psychology. She has a full time Nutritional practice in Tempe Arizona where she lives with her family.