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Learn moreTed Spiker may be the coauthor of numerous bestselling diet and health books, but the man just can't resist a good burrito. Or a bad burrito. He has also eaten a seventy-six-ounce steak, asserted that his wife's post-pregnancy jeans were the best-fitting pants he ever wore, and was asked by his own childhood doctor if his "feminine shape" embarrassed him at the beach.
In Down Size, Ted reveals twelve truths about successful weight loss in areas such as temptation, frustration, nutrition, and inspiration. Combining science, personal stories, expert interviews, and advice, Down Size is an entertaining, field-tested, and research-based look at how men and women can finally find the body they want.
Ted Spiker, a contributing editor to Men's Health magazine, is also a freelance writer who specializes in health and fitness writing. His work has been published in Outside, Fortune, Women's Health, Prevention, Runner's World, In Style, Cooking Light, Cosmopolitan, Adventure Sports, and many other publications. Ted is also coauthor of numerous books, including You: The Owner's Manual and The Abs Diet. A former articles editor of Men's Health, he was also editor and assistant editor of Delaware Today magazine. Ted is currently an associate professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Florida, where he has been teaching since 2001. He has also taught at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and at the University of Delaware. He earned his master of science in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and his bachelor of arts in communication and English-journalism from the University of Delaware. He has won several teaching awards, and his paper on how magazine covers portrayed the events of September 11 was published in the Journal of Magazine and New Media Research.
Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. He earned an Audie Award nomination for Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and won an AudioFile Earphones Award for Burning Chrome by William Gibson. Eric also cohosts the popular board-game podcast The Dice Tower.