Dr. Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH

Dr. Pamela Peeke is a nationally recognized expert and speaker in the fields of nutrition and fitness, using a blend of wit and wisdom to translate science into practical consumer information. As a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Dr. Peeke has distinguished herself as one of the only physicians in America with formal training in nutrition science. Dr. Peeke holds the position of Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine as well as adjunct senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Peeke is the author of the national bestseller Fight Fat After Forty (2001, Viking Press), which presented groundbreaking research describing how chronic stress contributes to weight gain and threatens the length and quality of life after the age of forty. Dr. Peeke has become known as the scientist who first presented the scientific basis of the stress-fat connection to the American public. Dr. Peeke is a regular medical expert on the NBC Today Show as well as CNN Headline News. She is a frequent guest on NBC Nightly News, the Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, Dateline, Primetime and the morning shows. Dr. Peeke is featured weekly on the Food Network's most popular consumer show, Cooking Thin, which profiles healthy nutritional and fitness solutions for families struggling to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Peeke is the monthly columnist for numerous national magazines including Prevention, O magazine, Shape, Allure, First for Women and Spa Magazine. Dr. Peeke works with Michael Jordan and the Wizards maintaining players in optimal nutritional shape. Dr. Peeke is a faculty member of the American College of Sports Medicine and works directly with the Vice President's Office as the Medical Director of the National Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer. Dr. Peeke is a marathoner and resistance trained athlete having run the 2001 New York marathon, along with 12 of her patients, the Peeke Performers.