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Dr. Debra Krummel discusses cardiovascular risk factors that have a greater impact on women, as well as the vicious cycle of obesity in women and the next generation. She describes recent research concerning the effects of maternal obesity on the baby. Dr. Krummel discusses a three-step program for the prevention of chronic disease.

Dr. Krummel is a nationally recognized expert on cardiovascular health. She is an Endowed Associate Professor and Millennium Scholar in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.

Her areas of expertise are women’s cardiovascular health, obesity prevention in postpartum women, and fetal origins of cardiovascular disease. Currently, she is studying the relation between maternal obesity and diet to inflammatory markers in African-American women.

Dr. Krummel has published more than 50 papers and abstracts and given over 100 presentations in several countries. She is the co-editor of 3 books including Nutrition and Women’s Health, and the author of 17 book chapters.

Technorati Tags: Add new tag, cancer prevention, chronic disease, diabetes, Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, obesity, Women's Health

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Dr. Ann Kulze discusses powerful nutritional strategies for maximizing heart health and the most important lifestyle strategies for reducing cancer risk.

Dr. Ann is a nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and disease prevention. With her unique background and formal training in both nutrition and medicine, Dr. Kulze has distinguished herself as a one-of-a-kind “real world” nutrition and wellness expert.

Dr. Ann is the author of Dr. Ann’s 10-Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality, published by Greenleaf Book Group. She has been featured by a number of national media outlets including Oprah and Friends Radio, Time Magazine, and NPR, and is the national spokesperson for Ruby Tuesday’s highly acclaimed SMART EATING Initiative.

Technorati Tags: cancer prevention, heart disease prevention, Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, phytochemicals

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Dr. Davis Liu discusses the prevention and treatment of chronic disease using lifestyle medicine. He describes how to get the most out of your doctor visits, as well as important action steps to get healthy and stay healthy.

Also, Dr. Liu discusses U.S. health care policy, addressing issues of access, affordability, and medical outcomes.

Dr. Liu is a board-certified family physician. Since 2005, he has been practicing with the Permanente Medical Group, the nation’s largest with over 6000 physicians. He is the author of Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America’s Healthcare System.

Dr. Liu’s blog is located here.

Technorati Tags: cancer prevention, health care policy, heart disease prevention, Lifestyle Medicine

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Dr. David Marrero

Dr. Marrero describes the lifestyle recommendations in detail – in the study, there was almost a 60% reduction in risk for those participating in the lifestyle portion of the DPP. His current research is demonstrating that similar results and reduction of risk are available in daily life.

Dr. David Marrero is the J.O. Ritchey Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Director of the Diabetes Translational Research Center. Dr. Marrero helped design the Diabetes Prevention Program. His research interests include strategies for promoting diabetes prevention, improving diabetes care practices used by primary care providers, and the use of technology to facilitate care and education.

Dr. Marrero is currently associate editor for Diabetes Forecast. He was twice awarded the Allene Von Son Award for Diabetes Patient Education Tools by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Technorati Tags: chronic disease, diabetes prevention program, insulin resistance, Lifestyle Medicine, translation research

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Dr. Michael Ozner

Dr. Michael Ozner, author of The Miami Mediterranean Diet, discusses heart disease prevention. The Mediterranean diet helps reduce inflammation of blood vessels supplying the heart, greatly lowering the risk of a heart attack. Dr. Ozner also discusses his new book, The Great American Heart Hoax, and the juvenile obesity and diabetes epidemics. He makes recommendations on how to get kids to start eating well and engaging in regular exercise.

Dr. Michael Ozner is the Medical Director for the Center for Prevention and Wellness at Baptist Health South Florida, and Medical Director for the Cardiovascular Prevention Institute of South Florida. He is a recipient of the 2008 American Heart Association Humanitarian Award, and has been recognized by the Consumer Council of America as one of the top physicians in America.

Dr. Ozner’s new book is The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You About Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will). He is the author of the best-selling The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease. Both books were published by BenBella Books in 2008.

Technorati Tags: diabetes, heart disease, juvenile diabetes, Mediterranean diet, obesity, stress management

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Dr. David Katz

Dr. Katz has launched Nutrition Detectives, an exciting nutrition education program for elementary school children that is “Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices”. He has also recently launched Nuval, a nutritional scoring system, that helps consumers see – at a glance – the nutritional value of the food they buy.

Dr. Katz is an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is Associate Professor in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine and Director and founder of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center. He is currently the nutrition columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine and a health columnist for the New York Times Syndicate.

Dr. Katz has twice been recognized by the Consumers Research Council of America as one of America’s top physicians in Preventive Medicine and has won numerous awards for his teaching and his contributions to public health.

Technorati Tags: diabetes, Nutrition, nuval, obesity

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Raymond Francis

Raymond Francis is an MIT-trained scientist, internationally recognized leader in optimal health maintenance, and author of the breakthrough books Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again. Raymond has proposed an entirely new concept of health along with a simple program for achieving it called the Beyond Health Model.

Never Be Sick Again

He is also the founder and president of the nonprofit, Health-e-America Foundation. The foundation’s purpose is to end the epidemic of chronic disease by applying revolutionary technology to the basics of good health. The foundation is the sponsor of The Project to End Disease, a growing international movement to teach people how to end disease in their lives.

In our SCIENCE AND SOCIETY interview, Raymond Francis discusses

• Simple methods for restoring good health – addressing both deficiencies and toxicities
• Using advanced scientific methods at both the cellular and molecular levels
• How toxicity causes overweight
• Addressing cancer directly as a systemic disease

Technorati Tags: anti-aging, Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition, obesity, omega-3 fatty acids