Beverly Pressey, MS, RD, mom

Having a love for food and a concern for children, Beverly Pressey started her career in nutrition by cooking at a Seattle child care center and a kitchen catering to child care centers.  After graduating from Bastyr University with a Masters Degree in Nutrition and becoming a Registered Dietician, she worked for the Seattle-King County Healthy Department. Beverly Pressey traveled around the Seattle area, consulting with child care center staff and parents.  Currently she is in her 7th year as the Nutritionist for the Infant-Parent Lab at Bellevue Community College and her 4th year at the Jewish Community Center's Parenting Center. 

As an experienced teacher and speaker, Beverly Pressey has presented at many conferences and taught classes at Bastyr University, North Seattle Community College, Puget Consumer Cooperative and Seattle Conservation Corp.  After 12 years of practice she has observed thousands of children eating in different environments and enjoying a wide variety of foods.  This has given her a realistic understanding of infant/child eating patterns and behaviors.  She has also had opportunities to hear the personal and emotional frustrations some parents experience around food and meal time issues.

 Just as important, Beverly Pressey is a mother of 2 young children.  She eats with them, grocery shops with them and cooks with and for them.  She readily admits that they have taught her lessons that text books can not contain.  She understands parental struggles to insure a healthy diet and too has been subjected to the excuses, negotiations and power struggles that children engage us in.  She knows how hard it is to get a meal on the table and the feelings of sadness and defeat when no one wants to eat it.  She will believe you when you tell her your child won't eat anything that feels too or looks too... (your adjective here). 

From reading her book, Simple and Savvy Strategies for Creating Healthy Eaters, hearing her speak, or having a personal consultation, Beverly Pressey can help you find a solution that accommodates you and your children.  With Beverly Pressey’s support, you will know that your children will eat and that you have competently done your job as a parent or care giver.

beverly@creatinghealthyeaters.com