Health Master Class
Pamela Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, is a nationally recognized expert in nutrition and fitness. She serves as Chief Medical Correspondent for Discovery Health Television; is the host of Discovery's Fit to Live series, based on her latest book; and is the featured physician of the award-winning National Body Challenge series. She is also a Pew Foundation Scholar in nutrition and metabolism and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland. While a senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Peeke's research helped to define the connection between abdominal fat and chronic stress. She is also the New York Times best-selling author of Fight Fat After Forty and Body for Life for Women. Dr. Peeke has been recognized by the NIH as one of the country's leading physicians in its Changing Face of Medicine exhibit at the National Library of Medicine and has been named one of America's top physicians by the Consumer's Research Council of America. She is a member of the Maryland Governor's Council on Fitness, is advisor to the Clinton Foundation and Alliance for Healthier Generations, and participates as a board member, consultant, and expert to organizations devoted to health and wellness internationally.
