GOLDEN, CO USA 04/18/2005

Find Out More About Dr. Peeke By Reading Her Interview in USA Today's

It is time for all women to stop the fad diets and get rid of the bathroom scale. Instead, it is time for a new approach to permanently "remove" weight that focuses on body composition -- optimizing muscle tone while minimizing fat percentage. Why? Not only for women to feel great and energized, but to save their lives.

In Body-for-LIFE for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation (Rodale; April 19, 2005; $26.95) internationally renowned physician, scientist and women's health expert Dr. Pamela Peeke introduces an easy-to-understand, 12-week program to help women of all ages achieve dramatic weight removal and mental and physical fitness -- for life. Body-for-LIFE for Women incorporates cutting-edge research on body composition and gender- specific medicine.

Drawing on the principles outlined in the #1 New York Times bestseller Body-for-LIFE that helped millions of people around the world build stronger bodies and enjoy a higher quality of life, Dr. Peeke takes a candid and exciting new approach with a program specifically tailored for women that focuses on body composition. According to Dr. Peeke, the number that counts the most in terms of health has nothing to do with body weight. Instead it is body composition that matters.

From grandmothers and teenagers to college students and new moms, Dr. Peeke's 12-week Mind (emotional health), Mouth (nutrition) and Muscle (physical activity) plan establishes the critical foundation for women to achieve and sustain their best selves. Dr. Peeke's Mind, Mouth and Muscle formula guides women, regardless of their age, health or physical condition, to achieve optimal health by balancing and managing stress, improving their diet and nutrition and using basic resistance training and cardio exercises to increase strength and improve body composition. Plus, Dr. Peeke's wit and humor make Body-for-LIFE for Women accessible and enjoyable. "Women are hard wired differently than men. They have unique challenges that have to be addressed and integrated into any self care program. I knew from my practice that the most successful plan for today's women would factor in the realities of a woman's whole life -- the full-time job, the endless care giving, the stress that comes with trying to do it all," Dr. Peeke writes. "And, most clearly of all, it would address the issues of emotional eating and poor body image -- issues that many women struggle with on a daily basis."

Body-for-LIFE for Women gives women all the tools necessary with more than 100 photos that demonstrate basic, easy-to-follow resistance training exercises; meal plans with specific smart and women-friendly food options such as berries, low-fat dairy, certain soy products and leafy greens; a Q&A for readers; meditation and relaxation exercises; and an appendix with sample pages to track one's daily progress in diet and exercise. Dr. Peeke offers age-specific advice throughout Body-for-LIFE for Women so that women can identify their own specific challenges and goals. Body-for-LIFE for Women also includes the remarkable success stories of real-life women who have transformed their bodies and lives for life.

All of Dr. Peeke's recommendations in Body-for-LIFE for Women form an inspiring, supportive and customized guide that replaces a woman's frustration and diet disappointment with a blueprint for a healthy holistic way of living that will work today, tomorrow and for life. As Dr. Peeke says, "It was never about the numbers on a scale. It is about transforming your life."

About the Author

PAMELA PEEKE, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P. is a renowned physician, scientist and women's health expert. Dr. Peeke serves as clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism and adjunct senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health. A regular medical commentator for various national television networks, Dr. Peeke has appeared on Oprah, Larry King Live, The View, Today, Dateline, Primetime and many others. Dr. Peeke is the Chief Medical Correspondent for Nutrition and Fitness for Discovery Health TV. She regularly contributes to and is quoted in such magazines as O Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Shape, Fitness and Newsweek. Dr. Peeke is the author of the bestseller Fight Fat After Forty (Viking Press; 2001) and maintains a private practice in Bethesda, Maryland.

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