About Me

Today Show Diet and Nutrition Editor Madelyn H. Fernstrom, PhD, CNS, is the Founder and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Weight Management Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She has treated thousands of patients, and has published nearly 100 research papers in the field of diet and nutrition. She has a BA in biology from Boston University, and a PhD in nutritional biochemistry and Metabolism from MIT. Dr. Fernstrom also completed a fellowship in endocrinology and behavior at the Harvard Medical School, and is a board-certified nutrition specialist from the American College of Nutrition. A member of numerous professional organizations including the Nutrition Society, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and the Society for Neuroscience, she joined the University of Pittsburgh Medical School faculty in 1982. She is the author of The Runner's Diet, an easy-to-read guide incorporating walking and running into a structured eating program for long-term weight loss. A strong advocate of health promotion for both the individual and community, Dr. Fernstrom's goal is to provide the comprehensive approach to lifestyle, using nutrition, physical activity and behavior change to both improve health and help support the medical management of chronic diseases through healthier living.