Health & Wellness
Obesity & Diabetes
Obesity & Diabetes:
CNN Senior Medical Correspondent & Author
Elizabeth Cohen is senior medical correspondent for CNN's Health, Medical and Wellness unit, covering breaking medical news and health consumer reporting on CNN and CNN.com.
Stress Sciences Expert & Nutritional Consultant
Often referred to as “The People’s Wellness Expert,” Jeanne Ricks has taken her crusade from the streets to the auditorium with a mission to demystify all the myriad information about wellness.
Award-Winning Actress, Dancer & Singer
Moreno is one of a select group of 8 living performers to have achieved entertainment's grand slam, having won all 4 of the most prestigious awards in show business: the Oscar, the Emmy, the Tony, and the Grammy.
NBA Hall of Famer & Businessman
Speaker Dominique Wilkins demonstrates the team-building and leadership skills that helped him on the court, in the community, and in his battle with diabetes.
Grammy-Winning Singer
A soulful maven, Patti Labelle has earned her place in Grammy-winning music royalty with her powerful high octave voice. She is also proactive in the fight against diabetes, which claimed her mother's life.
Registered Dietitian & Health Expert
Health and media expert, consultant, and author Samantha Heller is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, and exercise physiologist. Also a trained singer, her talks fuse music, humor and science.
16th US Surgeon General
A former US Surgeon General who created the first government-released report on obesity, speaker David Satcher works to eliminate racial disparities in healthcare.
NFL Player & Health/Youth Advocate
Cincinnati Bengals player Madieu Williams fled a war-torn Sierra Leone to become one of the best safeties in the NFL. He promotes health education for underprivileged youth.