Leslie Goldman, MPH
Writer, Book Author, Body Image Speaker, Spokesperson
   

Camera-shy? Please. Watch Leslie dish on everything from cleavage to cattiness.

Shopping and body image
September 1, 2011

Inspired by her blog on the topic, the Today Show invited Leslie to discuss why women deflect compliments.

April 18, 2011

Watch Leslie go toe-to-toe with a
life-sized Barbie doll on the Today Show.

Shopping and body image
October 6, 2010

Appearing on the Today Show to comment on
Tina Knowles' new plus-size clothing line, Leslie gets surprised by...Beyonce!

unlocking foods healing powers
January 19, 2010.

Leslie appears on the Today Show, showcasing seven foods that heal.

October 21, 2009

Leslie appears on the Today Show, where they exclusively break the story about the photoshopped 5'11", 120-lb Ralph Lauren model who was fired for being to fat.

June 3, 2009

Leslie is back on the Today Show discussing women and snarkiness.

unlocking foods healing powers
April 6, 2009

Leslie talked women's health — the real nitty gritty.

unlocking foods healing powers
December 11, 2009

Cleavage was the name of the game, when Leslie teams up with Kathie Lee and Hoda on Today Show.

unlocking foods healing powers
July 09, 2009

Leslie was a featured guest on the Today Show where she spoke in the plaza about exercising safely outdoors in the summer.

unlocking foods healing powers
May 14, 2009

Leslie comments on a fashion model's ban from the runway...for gaining five pounds.

unlocking foods healing powers
April 2, 2009

Leslie was on the Today Show discussing society's stigma against obesity.

Spring Break and Eating Disorders
March 27, 2009

Leslie discussed the link between Spring Break and eating disorders on the Today Show.

'I'm So Fat!' Women 
and Body Image Issues
July, 2006

Locker Room Diaries and Leslie are featured on the Today Show.

Leslie Goldman


Fit Today
is a new weekly TV show featuring Leslie along with host Andrea Metcalf, NBC 5 Chicago Fitness Team Member, and co-hosts Dave Mellish and Joanne Rusch. Every Saturday at 11am (and re-airing Sunday at 8am) on CLTV, the Fit Today Team discusses the latest in medical, nutritional and fitness news, along with inspirational stories and workout tips. Learn more at www.FitTodayTV.com.

McDonalds is a sponsor of Fit Today; See the trayliner at nearly 600 McDonalds across Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.

Watch Leslie in action.

Meet the Fit Today team:


Leslie Goldman, MPH

Leslie Goldman, MPH, is an award-winning Chicago-based health and medical writer, specializing in women's issues. A regular contributor to the Chicago Tribune for a decade, she has written for Health Magazine, Women's Health, Shape, Self, People, Redbook, Runner's World, and more. She earned her Masters degree in Public Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Bachelors of Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, which recently named her to its inaugural "Forward Under 40" list, which highlights the top 20 UW grads under the age of 40 making an impact in the state, nation and beyond.


Andrea Metcalf

Andrea Metcalf is a nationally recognized fitness expert and a popular media personality. For more than 25 years Andrea has inspired people from all walks of life to feel better and move. As a leader in the fitness industry, Andrea has excited media widely, resulting in appearances on CNN Headline Newsmakers, CLTV and WGN-TV Chicago and weekly on NBC 5 Chicago as a member of the NBC5 Fitness Team. Most recent national appearances include the NBC TODAY SHOW, Better TV and In the Loop with iVillage and national magazine exposure in MORE Magazine, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Travel Connections among many others.


Dave Mellish
Dave Mellish implemented simple changes in his diet and began exercising every single day. It began as a fifteen minute walk and culminated on Oct. 7, 2007 by running the Chicago Marathon. In the past eighteen months he has lost nearly 150 pounds and dropped his body fat to 9.1 percent.

Now Dave is a personal trainer at MBC Fitness and a certified SPIN instructor. In addition, he is now one of the instructors for the "Well Centered" weight loss class that he was once a student of and looks to help others achieve the weight loss and personal gratification that he experiences everyday.

Joanne Rusch tipped the scale at 217 on April 1, 2000 when she gave birth to her first and only child. Six months later, struggling to lose the maternity weight she had gained, Joanne was cast as a member of Good Morning America's first Lock the Door, Lose the Weight series, which aired throughout November of that year. By the fall of 2001, she had traded her size 16 closet in for a new and improved size 8.

Joanne created an inspirational Web site, Scaleitdown.com, to share her GMA experience, self-published a series of cookbooks, coached weight management strategies,and penned her own column, "Find your Fit", for Chicago Wellness Magazine, of which she is now the editor. In Joanne’s other role as "Food Cop"she explores new products and time-saving cooking tips for NBC 5 Chicago News.

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