Charles Stuart Platkin, JD, MPH, is one of the country's leading nutrition and public health advocates; his syndicated health, nutrition, and fitness column appears in more than 165 daily newspapers nationally, including the Buffalo News, the Honolulu Advertiser, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, The State, the Omaha World Herald, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Platkin is the host of WE tv's new original series, 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 Today show, ABC’s Nightline, National Public Radio, CNN, CNBC, CBS's Early Show, and the BBC, among other venues.

Platkin is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the Society for Public Health Education, the Society for Nutrition Education, the American Public Health Association, Sigma Xi (the 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 master's in public health from Florida International University. He is also a certified personal trainer and is currently a PhD candidate in public health (2008–2009). He is an adjunct professor at the Robert Stempel School of Public Health at Florida International University in Miami.

Platkin is also 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 in resolving problems with drugs and alcohol, and more than 20 universities around the country have used it as a text in teaching techniques of behavioral change 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).

Work One-on-One, in Person, with Charles Stuart Platkin, The Diet Detective
If you live in the New York City area, and are interested in working one-on-one, in person with Charles, he can be contacted directly via email at info@DietDetective.com. Charles will personally work with you to transform your life.