Jacqueline B. Marcus and Associates,TheFitFoodPro, offers comprehensive, cutting-edge food and nutrition services designed for success. Whether for private or professional clients, we provide soup-to-nuts solutions for your food and nutrition challenges.

“TheFitFoodPro provides complete food and nutrition services for academia, food manufacturers, food service, media outlets, marketing firms, and public relations agencies, as well as health, medical, and nutritional organizations.

who we are

Jacqueline B. Marcus, TheFitFoodPro

Jacqueline B. Marcus, MS, RD, LD, CNS, FADA, TheFitFoodPro, is an award-winning, internationally-recognized registered dietitian and nutritionist who mixes culinary, food, fitness, nutrition, and wellness into recipes for success.
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Grace Natoli Sheldon

Meet Grace, the brilliance behind the beautiful photographs that “grace” TheFitFoodPro.com. Grace brings food and beverages to life for scores of print and electronic needs. From a raw ingredient to a complex dish or setting, Grace Natoli Sheldon captures every delicious morsel.
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… and associates

TheFitFoodPro retains a network of registered dietitians, nutritionists, chefs, food scientists, food/prop/set stylists, copy writers, recipe testers, and other culinary and nutrition professionals to meet your food and nutrition needs.

TheFitFoodPro can customize a package of services especially for you, your company, or your organization. Solutions we can provide include (but are not limited to):

  • culinary nutrition consulting
  • employee health programs
  • fitness programs
  • food and nutrition communications:
    books and book chapters, brochures, business presentations (pitches, Powerpoints, reports), film scripts, Internet (content expert, webinars), magazines, newspapers, radio, television, other print and electronic media
  • food, prop, and set styling
  • food photography
  • food service consulting
  • expert testimony
  • group presentations
  • individual consultations
  • marketing and public relations strategies
  • media tours
  • nutrition analyses, labeling, and compliance for products, recipes, and menus
  • nutrition consulting
  • product line and exhibition representation
  • program design and development
  • product, recipe, and menu development for healthy and specialized diets
  • school food service
  • speaking, speech writing, spokesperson
  • sports nutrition
  • wellness programs

TheFitFoodPro also offers individual consulting, programs, and workshops. Areas of expertise include (but are not limited to):

  • aging
  • allergies
  • alternative nutrition
  • cardiovascular disease
  • child and adolescent nutrition
  • childhood obesity
  • culinary nutrition
  • diabetes
  • digestive disorders
  • eating disorders
  • food science
  • general nutrition/wellness
  • gerontology
  • hypertension
  • school food service
  • sensory enhancement
  • sports nutrition
  • vegetarian nutrition
  • weight loss and weight management
  • women’s nutrition

a partial list of satisfied clients

TheFitFoodPro has served clients of all types, offering everything from broad corporate programs to individualized consulting and counseling. Some of our clients and sites include:

corporate
    • Ajinomoto USA, Inc.*
    • Alberto-Culver
    • Aldi US*
    • Best Foods
    • Campbell’s Healthcare of Canada
    • Custom Culinary
    • Dominick’s Finer Foods
    • The Dukan Diet*
    • IBM
    • Kellogg’s

* Current third-party advocate
  • Laura’s Lean Beef
  • Lean Cuisine
  • Lettuce Entertain You
  • Inland Steel
  • McDonald’s
  • OrganicLife
  • Quaker Oats
  • The United States Navy
  • The United States Olympics

academic
  • Colgate University
  • Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC)
  • Harper College
  • Kendall College School of Culinary Arts
  • Loyola University
  • Malcolm X College
  • Mundelein College
  • Northeastern Illinois University
  • Northwestern University Medical Center
  • Oakton College
  • Oxford University
  • Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • University of Illinois Chicago

associations
  • American Chemical Society
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • American Culinary Federation
  • American Dietetic Association
  • American Personal Chef Association National Summit
  • Association of Food Scientists
  • Dietary Manager’s Association
  • Institute of Food Technologists
  • International Association of Culinary Professionals
  • Local, state, and regional dietetic and fitness associations
  • Ontario Long Term Care Association
  • Society for Nutrition Information

marketing, public relations, and media

  • Ontario Long Term Care Association
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • Edelman
  • J. Walter Thompson
  • The MWW Group
  • Penguin Group USA
  • Publications International
  • Strategic Marketing International
  • Local, national, and international television, newspapers, radio, and Internet