Marcia Hayes, MPH, RD, is a registered dietitian and has a BA degree in Anthropology with additional course work in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Minnesota and an MPH in Public Health Nutrition from the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She has extensive experience developing programs and providing nutrition and lifestyle counseling in the areas of physical activity, diabetes, weight management and heart disease prevention. She is Project Manager for the Keep It Off study and has also been the project manager for the Keep Active Minnesota study at HealthPartners Research Foundation since 2004.