Cathy Breedon
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About Cathy
Dr. Cathy Breedon is the Clinical Nutrition Specialist at MeritCare Medical Center, which serves North Dakota, North/Central Minnesota and parts of South Dakota. She also teaches at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Minnesota State University Moorhead. She annually presents over 30 national and state workshops for health professionals around the United States.
Her Ph.D. in Nutrition is from the University of Minnesota and she also holds masters degrees in Nutrition and Psychology. In 1984 she was a Fellow in Perinatal/ Pediatric Nutrition at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Breedon is a Board Certified Pediatric Nutrition Specialist and for three years served on the national ADA committees to develop the test items for the Pediatric Nutrition Specialist Qualifying Exam.
Dr. Breedon is a Charter Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, and she has held national offices in two ADA Professional Practice Groups. In 1999 she received the "Friend of WIC Award" from the National Association of WIC Directors. She and her husband Dan live in Moorhead, MN.