Jolie Glass, M.S., A.C.S.M., founder of Fitness Solutions for Women, has been working with women to improve their health and fitness through exercise for more than a decade.

Credentials include:

• Chief Fitness Consultant - Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
• Director - Women's Exercise Research Center at GWU (1998 - 2002)
  
• Master's Degree (M.S.) - Exercise Physiology - GWU School of Public Health
• Certified -
  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  American Institute of Fitness Educators (AIFE) as an older adult specialist
• Consultant for NBC News, the Washington Post and the Washington Times for news stories concerning metabolism and weight control, exercise safety and effectiveness, and exercise for women over forty
• Publications in peer-reviewed medical journals

Research, Presentations & Publications

• Controlled comparison of a low-fat vegetarian diet and a reduced-fat diet for effects on body weight and composition, and metabolic rate (In Review), in cooperation with the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine.
• Glass, JN, et al. Physiological responses to weight-loss intervention in inactive obese African-American and Caucasian women. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (2002) 42 (1), 56-64. Presented results at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (May 1998).
• Glass J. Exercising for Women: Reshaping Attitudes. Healthy Weight Journal (1999) 13(4), 58-60.
• Forman (Glass) JN, et al. Differences in resting metabolic rates of inactive obese African-American and Caucasian women. International Journal of Obesity (1998) 22, 215-221. Presented results at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (May 1997).