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Elle Penner

Senior Registered Dietitian and Food & Nutrition Editor at MyFitnessPal, the world's leading nutrition and fitness app.

Elle Penner, M.P.H., R.D., is Senior Registered Dietitian and Food & Nutrition Editor at MyFitnessPal (www.myfitnesspal.com), the leading nutrition- and fitness-tracking app with the world's largest nutrition database.

An expert in nutrition and communications, Penner has contributed to national magazines and online news publications, including Health,SELF, Readers Digest, and ABC News. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Boston College, and a Masters degree in Public Health Nutrition from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Penner currently resides in San Francisco, CA with her husband. She is an active runner, food-lover, and healthy lifestyle blogger at According to Elle (www.accordingtoelle.com).