Laura Morris

Laura is orginally from Central New York area and currently resides in Massachusetts. Laura has always had a passion for fitness and health. She has always loved sports and played field hockey and basketball in high school. She left high school and went to college for physical education with a concentration in sports managment. Laura also played field hockey in college and was part of a National Championship team. After completing her bachelors in Physical education in 1991 Laura worked in health clubs, corportate fitness and health promotion. She had always had an interest in nutrition after taking a class for her P.E. degree. Laura decided to go back to school in 1994 and pursue another degree in Food and Nutrition at the University of New York at Plattsburgh. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of Connecticut in 1998. From there Laura worked as an outpatient dietitian at Lowell General Hospital for 7 years. Currently she works at the Fallon Clinic in Worcester. Laura does all one-on-one nutrition education for various disease managments. She also facilitates their diabetes support group and teaches various classes for diabetes, heart health and  weight managment. In 2008 Laura became a certified diabetes educator.

Since 1991 Laura has taught group exercise classes. She primarily taught step aerobics and boot camp type classes. She is also experienced in toning classes and hi/lo. Laura has a "non-dieting" approach when it comes to working with clients. She believes that exercise and proper nutrition go hand in hand for a healthy lifestyle. Laura works to help clients and patients make behavior changes that they can stick with for life.