Charles Stuart Platkin is one of the country's leading nutrition and public health advocates, whose syndicated health, nutrition and fitness column, The Diet Detective appears in more than 100 daily newspapers nationally, including the The Buffalo News, the Honolulu Advertiser, Rochester Democratand Chronicle, The State, Omaha World Herald. Platkin is the host of WE tv's new original series premiering in April 2009, I Want To Save Your Life. He is also the founder and editor of the health and fitness network, DietDetective.com, a Waterfront Media property.

Platkin has been quoted as a health expert in thousands of publications, including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Oprah, Time, Newsweek, Ladies Home Journal, Men's Health, Shape, Self and Fitness. He has also appeared on NBC's The Today Show, ABC News Nightline, National Public Radio, CNN, CNBC, CBS's The Early Show, the BBC, and others.

He is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Society for Public Health Education, Society for Nutrition Education, The American Public Health Association, Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society), the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and the American Council on Exercise. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, a law degree from Fordham University, and a Masters in Public Health from Florida International University. He is also a certified personal trainer and is currently a PhD Candidate in public health (2009). He is an Adjunct Professor at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work at Florida International University in Miami.

Platkin is the author of five books. His first book, Breaking the Pattern was a bestseller in hardcover; it has been used by addiction clinics to assist patients with resolving drug and alcohol-related issues and more than 20 universities around the country as a text to teach behavioral change techniques to nutrition and dietetic counseling students. His latest books are The Diet Detective's Count Down (Simon and Schuster, 2007) and The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible (Simon and Schuster, 2008)

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