2005-2006

• Editor-in-Chief, Obesity Management, 2004-present
  

• "Who's Who in Medical Sciences Education," 2005
  

• Chair, Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-2005
  
• Food and Nutrition Board Member, National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine, 2003-present
  

2003-2004

• Editor-in-Chief, Obesity Management, 2004-present
  
• Centrum Center Science Award, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2004
  
• Honorary Member, American Dietetic Association, 2003
  
• McGovern Award, Ball State University, 2003
  

• Outstanding Teacher Award, Clinical Sciences Program, University of Colorado Denver, 2004
  

• Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine, 2003-present
  
• Chair, Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-2005
  
• Co-Chair, Task Force on Childhood Obesity, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003-2004
  

2001-2002

• Excellence in Teaching, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, 2000-2001
  

• Margaret Ritchie Distinguished Speaker, University of Idaho, 2001
  
• Ruth Bowling Award for Excellence in Nutrition Education, 2001
  

• Underwood Memorial Lecturer, Trace Elements in Man and Animals XI, Berkeley, California, 2002
  

• Chair, Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-2005
  

1999-2000

• Fellow, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, 2000
  

• Member, Nutrition Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1996-2000
  
• Member, Board of Trustees, International Life Sciences Institute, North America, 1997-2000
  

• Physician Nutrition Specialist Award, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, 1998-2000
  
• Colorado Breastfeeding Task Force, Community Award: Making a Difference for Breastfeeding, 2000
  
• Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1997-2000