Leslie Goldman, MPH

Leslie Goldman, MPH, is a health and wellness writer who regularly contributes feature stories and essays to O: The Oprah Magazine, Prevention, Women’s Health, Parents, Better Homes and Gardens, TheGirlfriend.com, and more. She has authored and contributed to several books and speaks at colleges and universities on the topics of body image, media literacy, and female empowerment. But her true claims to fame are that her grandfather invented jogging (she can explain) and Beyoncé once touched her elbow.

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Articles written by Leslie Goldman, MPH

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