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Contents
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Book Dr. Jeff
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Appearances
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Media
Filming
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Biggest Loser, Season 2
NBC's "Where Are They
Now" Online Segments
-NBC's 2009 "Where Are They
Now" Online Segment
-NBC's 2007 "Where Are They
Now" Online Segment
-Before
and After Photos
-Lessons
Learned on the Show
-Dr.
Jeff’s Q&A's after his
elimination from Biggest Loser
-Photos
from the Finale
-Dr. Jeff's BL2 Audition
-Photos of Dr.
Jeff and
his Biggest Loser buddies
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-Dr. Jeff Joins CalorieKing
Advisory Board
Dr. Jeff's Tips for
Back to School
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Media/Press
Television
WNYT
TV News Channel 13 Weekend Today
September
15, 2007
 
Interview with Dan Bazile, Weekend AM Anchor
Video clip coming
soon
NJN's
Classroom Close-up
March
9, 2007
NBC10!
Philadelphia Local Losers
September 14, 2006
Access
Hollywood
November 28, 2005
First
Coast News at Noon (via
satellite)
November 28, 2005
Andrea Overstreet and Dr. Jeff
Extra
November 22, 2005
24
Hour Fitness Center Commercial
September
- December, 2005
Biggest
Loser, Season 2
September 13 - November 29, 2005
Radio
(www.nowlive.com) - September 22, 2007 at 4:10pm
JUST
IN A DAZE" program
Radio show and online broadcasting
Books
Excerpt from "The Biggest Loser: The Weight Loss Program to Transform
Your Body, Health, and Life"
Jeff Levine
As a family practice physician and associate professor directing
women's health programs at Robert Woods Johnson Medical School, Jeff, 43,
had put together a good life for himself, his wife, and his four
daughters. There was only one problem, one very big problem: Food had
become a drug for Jeff. It helped him stay awake. It helped him calm down.
It helped him reduce stress. He had literally become addicted to food.
That addiction caused his weight to climb to 400 pounds.
Eventually, it caught up with him.
"I started having a lot of physical problems. I'd get blood clots
in my legs when I'd fly. I found myself falling asleep in the middle of
meetings. I would joke and say I was just having 'selective narcolepsy,'
that I was just bored. One time I fell asleep while talking to a patient,
which was extremely embarrassing."
The health problems escalated. Jeff began to suffer very painful,
obesity-related arthritis in his ankle. His blood pressure soared to
dangerous levels: 160 over 90, most of the time. His blood sugars were too
high, and his insulin levels were double the norm. His personal physician
wanted to put him on diabetic medication.
To make matters worse, Jeff learned he had sleep apnea, a temporary
suspension of breathing that occurs repeatedly during sleep and is
associated with being obese. He began wearing a special face mask at night
that gently pushed compressed air through his nose to keep the airway
open.
These problems intruded on his quality of life. "I could no longer
play basketball. I couldn't carry my kids up the stairs. When they wanted
me to play soccer with them, I could play only goalie, but barely. My
deteriorating health began to affect my intimacy with my wife. While
you're wearing a sleep apnea mask and sound like Darth Vader, it's hard
for someone to want to cuddle with you."
Jeff pictured his wife a widow-and that's when he vowed to get healthy.
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Other Media/Press
- January 25, 2009, pages 52 - 53
"Weighing In" By Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Danny Spiegel
 
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Magazine
- September 3, 2007
Issue
"Lessons From Losers" p. 155
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Trenton Times
- Monday, August 14,
2006
"'Big loser' to weigh in on obesity" by Fay Reiter
View
article online: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/times/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1155528336107440.xml&coll=5
Press Coverage for Dr. Jeff's Keynote address at
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School's "2006 White Coat Ceremony"
- Home
News Tribune, August 12, 2006: http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060812/NEWS/608120380/1001
"156
take first steps toward becoming doctors" by Rick Malwitz
- Home News
Tribune, August 11, 2006 (printer friendly version): http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060811&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=608110367&Template=printart
"2006
White Coat ceremony today" by Gina Vergel
- Courier News Article: http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060812/NEWS01/608120355/1006
"Med
students don white coats at UMDNJ ceremony" by Rick Malwitz
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Suburban News, August 10, 2006: http://www.nj.com/news/suburbannews/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1155241183263680.xml&coll=17
"UMDNJ
RWJ Med. School To Hold White Coat Ceremony"
- UMDNJ
Press Release, August 10, 2006: http://www.umdnj.edu/about/news_events/releases/06/r081006_White_Coat_Ceremony.htm
"UMDNJ-Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School to Hold White Coat Ceremony for Incoming Medical
Students,
Celebrity
Physician to Give Keynote Address"
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Thursday, March 16,
2006
"Patrick Swayze’s Rx for Heart Health: Dance!"
View
article online: http://www.rwjuh.edu/news/patrick_swayze_dance.html
Sunday Star-Ledger
- Sunday February 25, 2006 - Somerset and Hunterdon Section, page 26,
Section One
"Putting spotlight on heart disease" by Sovia Kosmetatos
"RWJ physician Jeff Levine, of NBC's "Biggest Loser" fame, also
addressed the audience.
Levine, a family doctor, tipped the scale at 370 pounds when he got on the
show.
It was hard to tell patients they should watch their diet and exercise when he
was so overweight, he said.
Having lost 183 pounds, a happier and healthier Levine now practices what he
preaches.
He spoke yesterday about risk factors for heart disease, which include
obesity,
and of his struggle to overcome his addiction to food, which began in his
first year of residency.
"I would start to eat to try to stay awake," Levine said. "I
started using food as a drug,
and I literally became addicted to food."
Levine urged the audience to make changes for a healthier lifestyle, including
exercising routinely,
eating smaller portions of food and getting enough sleep.
In addition to appearances by Swayze and Levine, guests at yesterday's
balloon-festooned event
were treated to dance demonstrations, dance lessons and free health
screenings."
Home News Tribune
- Sunday February 25, 2006 - Local Section, page B and B2 (B2
- Coming Soon)
"HEARTS SKIP A BEAT" by Deborah Lynn Blumberg, Photos by Jody
Somers
"The event also included a talk by Dr. Jeff Levine of NBC's
"The Biggest Loser" weight-loss reality show,
lessons from area dance instructors and health screenings.
Before Swayze arrived, Levine, director of the hospital's women's health
program, showed attendees how not to dance.
His application video for the reality TV show, "The Biggest Loser,"
featured a 400-pound Levine rapping and dancing
to the song "Baby Got Back."
Levine, who gained weight during his residency, lost 103 pounds in 12 weeks on
the show and 183 pounds total.
His wife and four daughters helped him apply for the show after he developed
blood clots in his legs and could no longer play with his kids."
View article online - http://thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060226/NEWS0102/602260459/1005/NEWS01
Hillsborough Beacon
- January 5, 2006, page 8A
Life lessons and losing weight, Students meet contestant on NBC's "Biggest Loser,"
by High School student Julie Bianchini
The Voice, Hillsborough High School Newspaper
- January 2006, front page
The Biggest Loser comes to HHS, by High School student Jim Williamson
US Weekly
- December 19, 2005, page 72- 73
 
TV Guide
People Magazine (Sexiest Man Alive Double Issue)
- December 5, 2005, page 27
- November 28, 2005, page 36
Biggest Loser Doc's Practice Soars! By Rochell D.
Thomas
Courier News, Local Section
- November 16, 2005
Hillsborough man calls time on weight-loss show
'beyond priceless' By Greg Marano, Staff Writer
** "Weight" continuation on page D-4 - coming soon
View article online - http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051116/NEWS01/511160342/1006
The Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia, PA
Skinny-Dipping: He's Losing It! By Michael Elkin
 
View article online - http://www.jewishexponent.com/ViewArticle.asp?ArtID=868#
Hillsborough Beacon
- September 8, 2005
Will this man be NBC's 'biggest loser'? By Donna Lukiw, Staff Writer
** "Loser" continuation on page 4A - coming soon
The Times, Princeton Metro
- August 20, 2005
Doctor hoping it pays to be thin, By Joyce J. Persico, Staff Writer
 
NJAFP Perspectives, Journal of the New Jersey Academy of Family
Physicians
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