[1] Since 2011, Lynch has been a pediatric lipid specialist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic in Bedford, New Hampshire.

Lynch was a strong advocate of proper nutrition and physical exercise and the danger of childhood obesity.

[5] She served as the spokesperson for the physical activity program "Walk NH,"[6] which is designed to challenge New Hampshire families to have fun getting in shape.

She endorsed legislation that would have required New Hampshire public schools to record the body mass index of students in grades 1, 4, 7 and 10 unless the child's parents objected.

[8] Lynch and her husband have three children, two daughters, Jacqueline and Julia, and a son, Hayden.