Consumer Health and Lifestyle Reporter and Author
Dr. Christine Dumas is a consumer health and lifestyle reporter and author. Since 1996, her stories have appeared on NBC News Today and NBC News Weekend Edition Today. Since 2003, she has been a regularly featured medical correspondent on Weekend Live on Fox News Channel.
Christine is the national spokesperson for Kellogg's Healthy Beginnings campaign. She also currently serves as a senior adviser to the Center for Health Transformation in Washington, DC. In addition to her clinical training, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from UCLA. She has served as an advisor to Congressional committees addressing the lifestyle issues that matter most to American families.
Christine started her broadcasting career as a health correspondent on ABC's Home Show and was a health correspondent for Home and Family. She is regularly featured on the Sirius Stars Network, where she regularly comments on topical issues across medicine, lifestyle and the currency of conversation. She has been featured on both Oprah and The View.
Christine's upcoming second book, The Weight is Over (Wiley and Sons), due out in September 2009, shows the many facets of her expertise. In this book, she addresses breakthrough science and advances surrounding sleep, stress and weight loss that might contradict everything you thought you knew about fat, carbs and exercise. She provides the real answers and a simple path to the healthy lifestyle that we all want but that always seems to be just out of our reach.
Christine was the keynote speaker for the Speaking of Women's Health National Tour, where she covered the latest trends in health, lifestyle and fitness, delivering that message to thousands of women across the United States. She has also served as a national spokesperson and strategic planning consultant for the American Medical Association's Women's Health Campaign and the National Tobacco-Free Steering Committee for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. She serves on the senior faculty of the American Medical Association's Health Broadcasting Conference. She is one of the nation's leading experts and thought leaders on employee wellness and high quality healthcare transformation -for our nation's corporations and for all Americans -- whether they are in the workplace setting or at home.
Christine has spent a decade reporting on trends in health, lifestyle, fitness and sports giving her a leading-edge perspective that is sought-after by Fortune 500 corporations, leading associations and group forums, like The California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women and Families. Her background and broad-based career experience give her a unique perspective that resonates with audiences. She has covered a broad range of issues in her reporting ? from profiling athletes to legal issues surrounding drugs that are unsafe for children -- all with unparalleled intensity, commitment and compassion.
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Creating Your Best Life In her refreshingly entertaining and straightforward style, Christine Dumas shares the candid advice that has motivated her throughout her career, inspiring audiences to take charge of their life, career, health and happiness. Drive, determination and knowing where you want life to take you are part of the equation for success. At each step of the way, Dumas emphasizes the importance of never letting traditional expectations keep you from having your preferred life -- one that is custom-made for you. To say that she thinks "outside the box" doesn't begin to describe her intuitive, innovative and entertaining ideas for everything from financing a college education to a business, to doing whatever you feel passionate about, to seamlessly changing course in life as opportunities present themselves -- allowing you to create the very best life possible.
The Heart of Today's Top News Stories Christine Dumas' unique perspective as a television reporter and media personality provides audiences with valuable insights on the news stories that matter most. She is consistently on the forefront of stories that matter most to Americans. In this one-hour presentation, she brings audiences the breaking news across the spectrum that matters most to them, in an entertaining and compelling manner. Christine Dumas as Moderator One of the most charismatic and gifted moderators available today, Christine Dumas leads panel discussions with the perfect balance of information, entertainment and tone, while bringing out the best in diverse panels across the spectrum. More than just a facilitator, she can turn a panel discussion into the highlight and most memorable moment of your meeting.
Extreme Makeover - Corporate Wellness Edition In this presentation partially based on her first book, Christine Dumas explains what every company needs to know about innovative corporate wellness strategies that can result in a happier, healthier workforce while saving millions of dollars in cumulative healthcare costs. On average, we spend two hours with our doctors a year - but we spend 2000 hours at work. She'll describe a model for an innovative corporate wellness model of the future - one that is patient-centered, rich in innovation and uses our rapidly growing scientific information base in increasingly creative ways.
Transformational Healthcare - Delivering the Trends of the Future Today Our country is at a critical juncture regarding the health of our citizens and the transformation of our health care system. As research and science lead to groundbreaking cures and new live-saving treatments, doctors, patients and health care administrators are all increasingly frustrated by the factors that drive up costs and limit the availability of the highest quality, state of the art health care. Drawing on her experience as a nationally recognized medical correspondent with a degree in Economics, Dr. Christine Dumas covers the leading edge trends in the U.S. health care system, sharing how these trends will transform our health care system in ways that many Americans can only begin to imagine. What she knows from her years covering healthcare is that promoting better health means transforming the way Americans think about their health. She discusses a model for a healthcare system of the future that we can embark on today - one that is patient-centered and rich in innovation. She provides her audiences with insight on the critical issues that both doctors and patients face when dealing with delivering and receiving the highest quality care, and she outlines specific trends that will lead to better care and a healthier America.
Transformational Wellness -- How to Create the Health, Spirit and Life You've Always Wanted In this enlightening and interactive presentation, Christine Dumas, author and nationally recognized television reporter, offers a plan based on the latest scientific research that can help you turn your life, spirit and energy around. Is the stress in your life taking away your quality of life? Have you gained and lost the same 10 pounds more times than you can count? Are you either thinking about or in motion with work 24/7 and proud of it? Do you feel like each day is race until you climb into bed at the end of the day? Well, it may be time for a major transformation. Dumas will show you how to create the happiest and healthiest life possible by sharing the latest research available about the lifestyle issues that can make the biggest difference in how you live your life. Learn the five secrets that you can instantly incorporate into your life so that you can have the body, life and spirit you've always wanted, without ever having to go on a diet or suffer on a treadmill again.
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