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Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD, CDE, is a nutrition/health consultant with Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc. For over 20 years she was the Director of Nutrition and Health Professional Education at the International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her Masters Degree in Nutrition is from the University of Minnesota, and she is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) . She has authored over 200 articles, books, booklets, and book chapters on diabetes, nutrition, and exercise and lectures frequently in the United States and internationally. She is the lead author on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic's Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes and authored the American Diabetes Association's 2006, 2002, 1994, and 1986 nutrition position statements and technical reviews, and was editor of the American Association of Diabetes Educators Core Curriculum for Diabetes Education, 4th and 5th editions.