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Public Invited to Health Lecture on
Your Body’s “Fuel Efficiency”
Do your daily meals leave you feeling weak and run down instead
of fueled up and energized? Could the fuel choices you are
making be the cause? What type of fuel should you choose?
Your body’s “Fuel Efficiency” will be the focus of a public
health lecture at Northeast Alabama Community College on
Tuesday, June 24, at 12:00 noon in the Health Education Building
(Room 106) on the NACC campus. This is the second in a series of
public lectures on health issues that college personnel believe
will contribute to overall health in its service area. The
lecture will be presented by nutritionist Sonya Jones.
“Low-grade fuel is cheap, but it is the fastest burning fuel you
can get and leaves lots of deposits behind,” said Jones.
“High-grade fuel costs more, but it burns slower and cleaner
leaving less deposit behind. Making the best fuel choice will
give you the power needed to finish any day.”
A 2008 graduate of the Dietetic Internship Program at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jones has completed over
900 hours of experience in nutrition serving the communities in
Jefferson, Shelby, and Madison County. Currently, she is a
private nutrition counselor, educator, and dietetic consultant.
She assists corporations, health care facilities, schools, and
individuals specializing in sports nutrition, food allergies,
gluten free diets, and weight loss.
“Providing lectures for the public on health issues is one way
that we are pursuing the goal of even a more vital role in our
community in regard to health care,” stated NACC President Dr.
David Campbell. Campbell noted that this mission adds to the
College’s fundamental and extremely important role of training
health care workers to serve community needs. “Our new building
has the name Health Education Center in it. We want the Center
to be exactly that – a place in our community where people can
obtain education on all kinds of health care needs, both in
regard to educational training as well as information for the
public that we provide through our lecture series. We like to
think that we are expanding the definition of health care
education at the community college level by providing this
lecture series for the public and our students and staff.”
Jones attended NACC where she received her Associates in Arts
Degree. Her achievements at NACC include induction into the Phi
Theta Kappa and Sigma Kappa Delta honor societies. She was
involved with “Adopt a Senior Citizen” for Christmas, local
school supply drives, and area blood drives.
 While
taking yoga at NACC, Jones was inspired by Judy Hamlet, yoga
instructor, to become a bodybuilder. Sonya placed first in the
Women’s Open Lightweight class at the 2006 NPC Clash at the
Capstone, third at the 2006 NPC Alabama Champions Women’s Open
Lightweight class, third in the Women’s Open Lightweight class
at the 2007 NPC Battle at the River, and fourth at the 2007 NPC
Southeastern Gold’s Gym Classic in the Women’s Open Lightweight
class. Following the 2006 competitive season, Kramer Bergman,
personal trainer, facilitated the opportunity for Sonya to enter
power lifting. On December 2, 2006, Sonya broke state, national,
and world records in her weight division in the Women’s Masters
Class.
In 2007, Sonya received a Bachelors of
Science in Dietetics at Jacksonville State University. During
her JSU career, she was president of both the Dietetic Club and
the Family and Consumer Science Club. Additionally, she served
as a representative for the State Family and Consumer Science
Student Section. Her accomplishments include Alabama Dietetic
Association Outstanding Senior, Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences Dr. Virginia Yocum Award for Excellence,
United States Achievement Academy Collegiate All-American
Scholar Award, and Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges. Mrs. Jones was inducted into the
Alpha Eta Epsilon Family and Consumer Sciences Society as well
as the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society.
She is married to Brian Jones and is the
mother to two children, Nickie and Brandon. She is also the
proud grandmother of seven grandchildren: NaTasha, LaShay,
Brittany, Bethany, Page, Mariah, and Branson.
For more information about the Health Care public lecture
series, contact Susan Barron, Director of Events Planning at
NACC, barrons@nacc.edu or
phone ext. 248. |
