Jennifer Marie J. Yang, MD

On Saturday morning January 11, 2025, Dr. Ma. Carissa Abelita (Doc Issa) and I were very grateful for the opportunity to give a talk titled Nutrition for Dancers: Myths and Facts. Doc Issa is in her last year of specialty training in Rehabilitation Medicine at the Philippine General Hospital. I half-jokingly said I was the front act for Doc Issa, because she was the main attraction – she was putting her pre-medical undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition degree to good use!

It was a genius move by the organizers, local dance studio Artists en Pointe, to make this a hybrid event so we could reach both the in-studio students and parents as well as a wider audience who were able to listen and watch via Zoom web conferencing software. This marks the first of a series of educational talks for dance students in cooperation with Artists en Pointe which we hope to continue through this year. Keep an eye on their website and their facebook page for updates!