Stacey Antine

Alarmed by the long list of lifestyle diseases - including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes - affecting children today, Stacey Antine founded HealthBarn USA, Inc., the leader in proven, hands-on healthy lifestyle education for children and their families.

HealthBarn USA opened its first location at ABMA's Farm & Market in Wyckoff, New Jersey, in April 2005 and now offers its camp program at Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. Antine teaches a wildly popular school assembly program called "Try It, You'll Like It" across the nation. Due to the success of the program, Life in Sync - an established nonprofit 501c3 organization - has approved HealthBarn USA as its first funding recipient in helping combat the obesity epidemic and diseases associated with weight gain. Columbia University's Teachers College, the leading nutrition education research institute, has commended HealthBarn's efficacy in combating obesity.

A registered dietitian with a master's of science in food, nutrition, and dietetics from New York University, Antine has over 20 years of experience in the field and a successful track record in helping thousands of families change their eating habits from fast food to natural food. She has been featured on The Rachael Ray Show; named a woman entrepreneur to watch by BusinessWeek; and featured as "Our Hero" by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, where she is a member, for her dedication to children's health. She was also appointed to the academy's RD communications council for its National Kids Eat Right campaign and received a certificate of training in childhood and adolescence weight management by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Stacey Antine's first book, Appetite for Life: The Thumbs-Up, No-Yucks Guide to Getting Your Kid to Be a Great Eater - Including Over 100 Kid-Approved Recipes, aims to help more parents and children get healthy by having fun and raising their nutritional literacy. It was published in September 2012.