August 2/Washington/States News Service -- Joy Dubost, Ph.D. R.D. has joined the National Restaurant Association as the director of Nutrition and Healthy Living. In this position, she will provide leadership and expertise on a wide spectrum of health and nutrition issues. She most recently served as principal nutritionist in Nutrition Communications for key initiatives with PepsiCo Inc., including supporting the brands Quaker and Tropicana.
Dubost assumes a key role for an association representing the nation's second largest private sector employer, an industry with 12.7 million jobs and nearly one million restaurant and foodservice locations, at a time when there is an increasing desire on the part of consumers for more nutrition information about the food they and their families consume.