Dr. PamelaPeeke is the Chief Medical Correspondent for Discovery Health TV and is featured in the award winning National Body Challenge series. Dr. Peeke is the host of the new Could You Survive series, based upon her national bestselling book Fit to Live.
Dr. Peeke is an internationally renowned physician, scientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, metabolism, stress and fitness. She is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland. Dr. Peeke has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as one of the leading women physicians in America. Dr. Peeke is known as an "edutainer," combining her notable wit and energetic passion, with the latest scientific data and common sense approaches to holistic, healthy living. Dr. Peeke, also known as the doctor who "walks the talk," is an avid athlete, marathoner, and mountain climber.
Dr. Peeke’s national bestselling books include Fight Fat after Forty, the first consumer book describing the stress-fact connection for men and women. It has become the go-to book for anyone trying to understand why they eat under stress and what to do about it. In Body for Life for Women and the companion Body for Life for Women Workout DVD, Dr. Peeke uses cutting edge science and a holistic and integrative program to show women how to transform their lives as well as achieve and maintain their optimal mind and body fitness throughout the decades of their life. Dr. Peeke’s newest book, Fit to Live, presents wellness with a survival twist and challenges her readers with the question "Are you Fit to Live – Mentally, Nutritionally, Physically, Financially and Environmentally" to survive 21st century living, from divorce to disaster?
Dr. Peeke is a regular in-studio medical commentator for the national networks, appearing regularly on CNN, Fox and the morning shows. She is a monthly columnist and contributing editor and writer for numerous national magazines – including Prevention, O Magazine, Fitness, Glamour, and More Magazine – in addition to being a member of Oprah Winfrey’s "O Team" of national recognized experts. Dr. Peeke is the founder and President of the Peeke Performance Center which offers her Lifestyle Management Program. Dr. Peeke guides men and women through the mental and physical transformations of their life journeys. Dr. Peeke also hosts the Peeke Week Retreats at Utah’s Red Mountain spa resort, which have received national media coverage including Prevention, Fitness, and More magazines. During the retreats, which include hiking the Grand Canyon, Dr. Peeke uses the outdoors to teach her Peeke Performers to become masters of adapting and adjusting to life’s stresses and challenges.
