Fitness / Nutrition / Obesity Speakers

Holly Atkinson

Award-winning medical journalist and leader in medical education of the American public. Editor of "HealthNews", a consumer health newsletter. Author of the best-selling book Women and Fatigue.

Denise Austin

Denise Austin promotes a sensible, realistic, and enthusiastic approach to fitness and eating: She works out only 30 minutes a day and never skips a meal! Her health and fitness philosophies have won her countless fans throughout the United States, who send her over 10,000 letters and e-mails a week. At 5 feet 4 inches and 120 pound...

Jared Fogle

Indiana University graduate, Jared Fogle, lost 245 pounds using what he calls "The Subway Diet." At the age of 22, Fogle weighed 425 pounds and was not happy with the way he looked. Fogle recently started The Jared Fogle Foundation in hopes to educate in the prevention of childhood obesity.

Yvette Freeman

Award winner of the 1998 Obie for Dinah Was, Yvette Freeman is known to millions for her acting in the NBC acclaimed series ER - as the no-nonsense, "Nurse Haleh Adams." Freeman released her first CD "A Tribute to Dinah Washington," in 1999. She recently wrote, directed, and produced several short films including The Bles...

Bob Greene

An exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss, he's been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and appeared on dozens of national television programs. His first book, Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body—and a Better Life, the #1 New Yor...

Bob Harper

Bob Harper has skyrocketed from being one of the most in-demand fitness specialists in the Los Angeles area to becoming one of the most recognized and popular lifestyle personalities in the world. Now entering his fourth year as one of the fitness trainers on NBC's worldwide hit The Biggest Loser, Harper has become one of the...

Jeanette Jenkins

As Founder and President of The Hollywood Trainer, Jenkins is one of the country's leading fitness experts, known best for her cutting-edge style, results-driven cross-training techniques, and supreme ability to motivate.

LL Cool J

LL COOL J is an entertainer who has succeeded in crossing into all mediums of entertainment. Already a talented actor, two-time Grammy Award winner, and NAACP Image Award winner, LL continues to display his wide range of talents in his upcoming projects. In addition he is the recipient of ShoWest’s Male Star of Tomorrow and a Soul...

Jillian Michaels

As TV’s toughest trainer, Michaels motivates her teams to take weight off on The Biggest Loser. With a passion for fitness that stems from her own weight loss, she has built one of the world’s largest fitness brands, offering a no-nonsense approach to complete health and wellbeing.

Carolyn O'Neil

Executive Producer and Senior Correspondent for CNN's Food & Health Unit. Hosts CNN's Cable Ace nominated, "On the Menu". An expert in the field of nutrition education, O'Neil offers a wonderful program filled with warmth and wit.

Richard Simmons

Through an ongoing program of health, exercise and nutritional education, blended with an unmatched ability for making the message palatable, Simmons has, without question, played an invaluable role in improving the quality of life for Americans everywhere. With a never-ending stream of ideas, Simmons brings a boundless energy to his...

Sally Squires

Squires is an award-winning medical and health writer for The Washington Post, where she also writes the weekly column, "Lean Plate Club," dedicated to helping consumers instill healthy eating and exercise habits. Host of the popular "Lean Plate Club" on-line web chat at www.washingtonpost.com, she also writes a weekly, e-mail...

Mari Winsor

Winsor is one of the most sought after trainers by music icons, celebrities and professional athletes. Her special form of Pilates utilizes dynamic sequencing, an exclusive series of controlled movements, which burns fat as well as tones, sculpts and stretches the body. She has helped millions of Americans lose weight and get the bo...

Richard Carmona

As the 17th Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona developed comprehensive knowledge of the environmental influences on healthy living today. He offers a close look at the epidemic of asthma in young children as well as other issues directly related to the state of our environment and how we can work towards not only a healthy body, but a heal...

David Satcher

As the 16th Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher encouraged public debate about issues including mental health, bioterrorism, sex education, AIDS, tobacco, obesity, and balancing the community healthcare system. As the force behind creating Healthy People 2010, the nation's health agenda, he works to eliminate racial disparities in healthcar...