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Len, a Northampton native, graduated from Keene State College with a B.S. in Health/Fitness and earned a M.A. in Exercise Physiology and Performance from East Tennessee State University, where he also served as a strength and conditioning coach.
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Polly is a Registered Dietitian, Licensed Nutritionist, and Certified Diabetes Educator who lives and works in Northampton. She educates, coaches, and counsels people of all ages about how to make the right food choices, while ensuring that their social lives, activity level, taste buds, and health can coexist in a world of being happy with how their body looks, feels, and performs. Polly owns Pioneer Valley Nutrition and is contracted with most health insurance companies.
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