"Good nutrition comes one bite at a time!"

Melissa Hooper, MS, RDN is an award-winning, expert Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist in the greater Los Angeles area. She launched Bite-Size Nutrition to help individuals and the corporate sector implement sound, scientifically- based nutrition in fun, “bite-sizes” to improve quality of life.

She’s often called on as an expert for her expansive knowledge in nutrition, diet trends and what’s going on with the food industry in general.

Melissa pioneered a new nutrition focused program for Clear Channel Radio, L.A. (now iHeart Radio) featured on KOST 103.5fm, and HOT 92.3fm. Wrote consumer blogs for Vosko’s Greek Yogurt, press releases for the Chilean Citrus Fruit Association, was a featured speaker at the California Academy of Nutrition’s Annual Meeting and has given presentations at the Glen Ivy Spa.

She has been featured on FOXLA and has been a contributor to online articles in Forbes, Huffington Post, MSN (1), MSN (2),Yahoo, Livestrong, US News & World
Report, Eat This Not That!, POPSUGAR, Everyday Health, The List, Supermarket News, LA Times 
Health, VeryWellFit, HowStuffWorksHealth, StyleCrazed,  

conducted interviews for The Orange County Register, as well as has been

and many others. Her overall career media reach is over 1 Billion!

Melissa was the Registered Dietitian for Stater Bros. Markets’ Healthy Selections Program. In that role, she produced the quarterly Healthy Selections Newsletter; wrote nutrition messages that reached 3.9 million homes monthly in the mailer; wrote & recorded overhead nutrition messages that played monthly in all 167 stores (number of stores at that time) in Southern California; attended community events; created and hosted monthly health fairs; conducted consumer and industry presentations and media interviews.

With over 20 years’ experience and a Master’s Degree in Nutrition, she has worked as a media spokesperson and consultant with TV stations in LA and across the Midwest and has been interviewed live on a wide-ranging variety of nutrition topics, even co-producing her own weekly television segment on ABC's Good Day Tulsa Show, called the Easy Living Segment.

Hooper is a published contributing author for The Way to My Heart’s Food For Thought PAD Patient Handbook and The Competitive Edge book. She also served as a guest expert panelist at the Fresh From the Americas Produce annual meeting in Mexico. She completed her Master’s Thesis on Childhood Obesity and recently completed the Certificate for Adult and Pediatric Obesity Management.

Melissa was awarded the Rising Star Award from Oklahoma State University’s College of Human Sciences. She was also the recipient of the Emerging Leader Award from the Kansas City District
Dietetic Association.

As a registered dietitian, Melissa is passionate about helping improve quality of life by promoting and communicating balanced, research-based, cutting-edge information in a fun, practical, applicable way in “bite-sizes.” She works with individuals, brand partnerships and serves as a media spokesperson.