2010
Zonta Yellow Rose Award from Anne's local Zonta organization. Awarded to Anne for the role her work has played in broadening and deepening the understanding of issues affecting and impacting women.
Awards
2009
National Health Information Awards for both Weight Loss Confidential and Weight Loss Confidential Journal. Chosen from among more than 1,000 entries by a national panel of experts. These awards recognize "the nation's best consumer health information programs and materials."
Mom's Choice Award for Weight Loss Confidential, Silver Recipient: Family & Parenting - Health, Nutrition, Fitness & Safety. The Mom's Choice Awards are known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services.
2007
USA Book News Best Book Awards. First Place Award for Weight Loss Confidential in the "Health: Diet and Weight Loss" category.
2006
American Dietetic Association Media Excellence Award for "consistent nutrition reporting" in Anne's books, magazine and newsletter articles, website writing, and media appearances over the course of her more than two decade career as a health and medical journalist. The award also recognizes coverage of issues with balance and perspective, scientific accuracy, broad audience reach, and creativity in presentation.
2004
National Health Information Award for Thin for Life. Chosen from among more than 1,110 entries by a national panel of experts.
2003
The Research Society on Alcoholism Journalism Award for her book, Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems-Advice From Those Who Have Succeeded. This award is for work that has a major impact on public knowledge, is scientifically accurate, shows dedication to the cause, and has journalistic quality.
Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions Award from the American Psychological Association's Division 50. This award is given for outstanding media portrayal, contribution to key legislation, or other contributions that have been made to advancing the understanding of the addictions.
2002
"Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy Award," given by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. This award goes to individuals or organizations who have been dedicated to heightening the lay public's awareness and appreciation of cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches for problems such as addictions and obesity.
National Health Information Award for Sober for Good in the "patient education information" category. Chosen from nearly 900 entries judged by a national panel of health information experts.
1997
National Health Information Award for Eating Thin for Life.
1994
Nominee for a Julia Child Cookbook Award for Thin for Life in the Food/Reference/Technical Category.
1993
William Harvey Award from the American Medical Writers Association for an article on hypertension.
Praise
Praise for Weight Loss Confidential
Acclaim from the Media:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Packed with sensible nutrition information for teens and parents, this guide could help overweight teens make healthful food choices for life."
Minneapolis Star Tribune: "A new book for teenagers and their parents describes what works, and what doesn't, in motivating weight loss...Here's a suggestion: If you think your child is ready, leave Fletcher's book lying around the house."
Long Island Newsday: "Read Worthy: How-to Book of the Week...Parents engaged in that delicate dance between supporting and nagging will appreciate the tips for ensuring their good intentions don't backfire."
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "This book has lots of valuable insights from young people and useful information about portion control, exercise, low-carb diets, how to eat at restaurants and more. Definitely worth reading."
Publishers Weekly: "With teen obesity a big issue in the U.S., the author of Thin For Life turns her expertise toward helping overweight teens and their parents adopt proven strategies for weight loss together."
"Chock full of real world suggestions for getting families to eat healthier and move more together. And the last 50 pages are a valuable compendium of weight loss programs and Internet sites that are geared toward teenagers seeking to lose weight. With this book, Anne Fletcher has provided families with practical and proven advice for dealing with the obesity epidemic facing our children today." — Meg Heintz, 3 fat chicks on a diet®
Acclaim from Health and Medical Professionals:
"This pioneering look at how teens succeed at managing their weight will inspire and motivate your entire family to embrace healthy habits." — Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., Author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan & Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University
"A must-read book for teens and their parents. This is the first book to provide practical, proven strategies to help teens address their excess weight." — James O. Hill, Ph.D., Author, The Step Diet Book, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
"Eye opening… provides hope and genuine possibilities to millions of children and adolescents." — From the Foreword by Holly Wyatt, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Program Director-Centers for Obesity Research and Education
"Inspiring, informative, engaging, Weight Loss Confidential is a must-read for teens who are struggling with their weight and the adults in their lives. Anne Fletcher has a gift for weaving accurate, up-to-date scientific information with real life stories; she lets the voices of the teens be heard so that they can share their wisdom about the keys to losing and keeping weight off in a healthy, balanced way." — Nancy Sherwood, Ph.D., psychologist and adolescent researcher, Health Partners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
"I love this book. I can't wait to share this book with my teen clients who are trying to lose weight." — Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D., adolescent weight and eating disorders expert, University of California, San Diego Medical Center
"If I had to pick one book to help a teen, parent, or physician address teen weight issues - it would definitely be Weight Loss Confidential." — Helen M. Seagle, MS, RD, Program Director, Weight Management, Kaiser Permanente, Colorado
"At last, a wonderful book about achieving and maintaining healthy weights, filled with sensible strategies that really work for teens and their families." — John Foreyt, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
"Engaging, authoritative, and above all hopeful." — Sharron Dalton, PhD, RD, Author of Our Overweight Children & Associate Professor, New York University
"This book offers hope and help to both children and parents. Anne Fletcher effectively and courageously walks the line between 'dieting' and 'nondieting' approaches for overweight teens." — Ann S. Litt, MS, RD, nutritionist, Washington Redskins and author of The College Student's Guide to Eating Well on Campus
"This is an excellent book ... there are many important messages and uplifting stories here for children struggling with a weight problem and their concerned parents. The book is really written by teens for teens. I recommend this book whole-heartedly." — Daniel H. Bessen, MD, Obesity Management
"[Fletcher provides] advice that's valuable to nurses or anyone who works with children....This highly readable, 227-page book effectively uses narratives and examples to make it an appropriate recommendation for teens themselves....Weight Loss Confidential is a practical guide for teens and those who care for and about them." — Diana J. Mason, editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Nursing