Sweet Potato Delights

Velonda Anderson, PhD, is a well-known health promotion educator, author, professor and nutritionist specializing in nutrition coaching and plant-based diet meal makeover education. She is the founder & CEO of Sweet Potato Delights, a veteran owned small batch manufacturer of vegan dips, snacks and baked goods featuring sweet potatoes. Dr. Anderson has consulted for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, teaching Enhanced Fitness and facilitating cohorts of the Diabetes Prevention Program. Dr. Anderson has completed doctoral studies in the field of nutrition and health promotion and served as an adjunct nutrition professor for South University Online. She is the author of several educational cookbooks; “Beyond Candied Yams and Sweet Potato Pie,” her second book and “Pass the Sweet Potatoes, Please!” her first book. She published her first children’s educational coloring book entitled “Amaya’s ABCs to Good Nutrition” in November 2016. Dr. Anderson currently serves as co-chairperson for the Detroit Food Policy Council and Detroit Peoples Food Coop Executive board member. She has been seen cooking up delicious dishes as a regular guest on Fox2 (WJBK) Meatless Mondays program, has appeared on WXYZ-TV/TV 20 to demonstrate vegan/vegetarian holiday desserts from her cookbook. Look for her quarterly “Hump Day Healthy” 3/30 series on Zoom.com