The top health, wellness, and nutrition influencers to watch

With “New Year, New You” upon us, the spotlight is on social media health influencers. From macros, to body image, to moms, these influencers are the ones to watch for any social media marketing or healthcare marketing campaign.

1) Amanda (Meixner) Rocchio aka @meowmeix

With over 1.3 million followers on Instagram and an 85% female audience, this health influencer inspires others to makes changes to help them live a fuller and healthier life.

This wellness expert and funky dancer understands living a healthy lifestyle can be difficult, especially without the right tools and knowledge. Amanda creates easy, approachable recipes and health tips that create a sustainable lifestyle change via her best selling ebook 101 Healthy Snacks and her MealPlan app.

Currently the global spokeswoman for The Wonderful Pistachios Company and Fabletics, Amanda reaches an audience looking to better themselves in a fun and positive way.

2) Jennifer Anderson, MSPH, RDN aka @kids.eat.in.color

The “go-to” mom of two for your child’s picky eating habits, Jennifer, better known as @kids.eat.in.color, has cultivated a community of over 660,000+ women on Instagram alone. 

When Jennifer was a new mom, she learned that feeding kids is sometimes tricky. When her first kid fell off the growth chart, she learned how much effort can go into feeding a child. 

She was determined to help other moms tackle this problem while always reminding them regardless of what their children ate, they were good parents.  

As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins, the former USDA nutritionist consultant has launched a Menu System that helps moms and dads feed their families without overwhelming guilt, stress, and mental burden. Anderson also launched Better Bites, the 4-week program that empowers you to teach your child to learn to eat new foods.

3) Sierra Nielsen aka @sierranielsen

Sierra Nielsen is a speaker, entrepreneur and transformation coach.

After unexpectedly losing her mother to cancer and getting trapped in the story of being unworthy, Sierra understands what it’s like to hit rock bottom and have to fight to find meaning again. Through this tragedy she was given a second chance at life and took it to help transform others lives.

Already having a degree in Psychology from Vanderbilt University, Sierra is a certified personal trainer, fitness nutrition coach and meditation specialist. She is also the founder of Your Soul Sexy, an online mind body soul program and virtual community that is spreading worldwide. Sierra is not your typical nutritionist influencer, but one which focuses strongly on mental health.

She has been featured in national media including USA Today, Variety and Self Magazine and has worked with anyone from D.C. Politicians and Hollywood Models/Actors to Award Winning Producers and NYT best selling authors.

4) Adam Pfau aka @adampfau

With over 1 million followers, Adam is more interested in providing information on how to achieve your health goals and helping people than he is interested in vanity photos. Once a scrawny kid who struggled at the gym, Adam now is one of the utmost experts in nutrition and fitness.

Author of a best selling nutrition e-book printed in English, Spanish, German, and Italian, Adam wants to reach as many different cultures as possible. Knowing how hard it was to discover what works and what doesn’t in any health and fitness journey, Adam has made it his life’s goal to help others become the best version of themselves.

5) Cory Rodriguez aka @corylrodriguez

Founder of One Healthy Nation Supplements, Cory has built a community of over 577,000 followers. With content topics ranging from hydration, healthy snack, and even the benefits of sleeping naked, Cory has a unique page filled with info and funny videos.

This healthcare influencer does not shy away from talking about hormonal health and dives into any topic with a plethora of tips and tricks to better your life!

With social media content, ranging from healthy eating, weight loss, food and nutrition, mental health, these influencers are far from ordinary. The types of content each produce are far from the dull content usually found in the healthcare industry.

These social media influencers are fun and entertaining, some even strapped with advanced degrees and degrees in nutrition. Spice up and optimize your health care and social media marketing strategy with these top influencers!

The staff at CelebExperts have consulted with some of the largest companies in the world in the art of Celebrity Talent Acquisition, social media marketing research, experiential marketing and brand activations. The size of the company, number of PR agencies it retains, or the size of their budget doesn’t guarantee success, it’s more important to have experience or knowledge of how to find the type of influencers that are a perfect fit for your program and/or campaign.

By: VP Christina Brennan