Dr. Miriam Nelson is a prominent (i.e., Oprah-ized!) women's health advocate
and best-selling author of the acclaimed Strong Women book series. She serves
as Director of the John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at
the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. She
is a perfect keynote for hospital groups and women's health events.
Dr. Nelson is a visionary researcher with an infectious enthusiasm for a topic
that has received too little attention: women's strength and its relationship
to overall health. For the past 15 years, she has been the principal
investigator on a range of important studies into exercise and nutrition. A
professor of Nutrition Science and Health Policy and a fellow of the American
College of Sports Medicine, Dr. Nelson is masterful at communicating to
audiences and is popular with the mainstream media.
She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, ABC's Good Morning
America, CNN, NPR's Fresh Air and The Discovery Channel. She has appeared in
her own PBS special, Strong Women Live Well, which focuses on the benefits of
exercise and nutrition for women's health. She is currently working with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to bring safe strength training
classes to women across the country.
Her books include Strong Women Stay Young, Strong Women Stay Slim, Strong Women
Eat Well, Strong Women Strong Hearts, and, Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis.
Her book Strong Women, Strong Bones received the esteemed Books for a Better
Life Award from the Multiple Sclerosis Society. All have been national
bestsellers.
Her writing has appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
the Journal of Gerontology, and many other scientific publications, and she has
been profiled in such mainstream magazines as Time, Biography and Eating Well.
- Strong Women Live Well
- Strong Women Stay Young
- Strong Women and Men Live Well
- Strong Women, Strong Bones
- The Impact of Strength Training on Reducing Risk of Chronic Disease
- Foolproof Strategies for Effective Weight Control
- Strong Women Strong Hearts
