Author Bio
Dr. Susan M. Kleiner is one of the foremost nutrition authorities on eating for strength, and her POWER EATING® program has reshaped the lives of thousands. Dr. Kleiner is the owner of HIGH PERFORMANCE NUTRITION , a consulting firm specializing in media communications, industry consulting, and personal counseling, on Mercer Island, Washington.
Dr. Kleiner is the author of The Good Mood Diet (Spingboard Press, 2007), and POWER EATING, 3nd Edition (Human Kinetics, 2007), rated as Muscle & Fitness Magazine's #1 Diet Book of the Year (1999), and the only diet book in Shape Magazine's "5 Great Books for Your Fitness Library" (May 2001). She has also authored The PowerFood Nutrition Plan (Rodale, 2006), High-Performance Nutrition: The Total Eating Plan to Maximize Your Workout (John Wiley & Sons, 1996), The POWER EATING AND FITNESS LOG (Get Pumped, 1999), The Be Healthier Feel Stronger Vegetarian Cookbook (Macmillan, 1997), and The High Performance Cookbook (Macmillan, 1995).
Dr. Kleiner has been the nutrition consultant to The Seattle SUPERSONICS and The Seattle SEAHAWKS. She was the lead nutritionist in the development of the GymAmerica.com website, and she was the national nutrition expert for Microsoft's Encarta.com website. Dr. Kleiner has been a product spokesperson and nutrition science expert for the BRITA Company, General Nutrition Corporation, and Nutripharma and has consulted with many other food and beverage companies. She has been the nutrition consultant to the Cleveland Browns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, The Repertory Project Dance Company, The Seattle Skating Club, and athletes at all levels of sport. She was a founding member of the Gatorade Sports Nutrition Speakers Network and a former Educational Advisory Board member of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute.
Dr. Kleiner is a national columnist and speaker on the subject of nutrition, sports, and fitness. She is an advisory board member for Shape, Men's Fitness, Let's Live, and Physical magazines and a former sports nutrition editor for Athletic Therapy Today and the SCAN website. Other publications include The Physician & Sportsmedicine, Training & Conditioning, Consumer Reports on Health, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Fitness Rx for Women, Fitness Rx for Men, Shape, Shape Cooks, Healthline, IDEA Today, Female Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Lifestyles, Swimming Technique, Executive Health's Good Health Report, chapters in medical textbooks, and professional research articles. Dr. Kleiner has twice contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dr. Kleiner earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Hiram College (1979), a Master of Science in Nutrition (1982) and Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition (1987) from the Department of Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In 1982 she became a Registered Dietitian of the Commission on Dietetic Registration, and in 1992 she was one of the first Certified Nutrition Specialists recognized by the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists.
Her research has focused on sports and cardiovascular nutrition, with a special concentration on the nutritional requirements of strength training and muscle building. She received a Young Investigator Award from the American College of Nutrition for her doctoral research on the cardiovascular disease risks of diet and anabolic steroid use in competitive male bodybuilders.
After completing her doctorate, Dr. Kleiner was appointed to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1988, she became the first faculty member appointed by Duke University Medical Center to the newly endowed Sarah W. Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies. As an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Medicine, she served as Administrative Director for the Stedman Nutrition Center from August, 1988 to August, 1990. During that time, Dr. Kleiner also became the first Director of Nutrition for Duke University's Preventive Approach to Cardiology and the Center for Living lifestyle modification program.
Dr. Kleiner was North Carolina Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year and also received the American Dietetic Association Outstanding Service Award in 1990. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a Fellow and founder of the International Society for Sports Nutrition, a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Dietetic Association and its Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) Practice Group, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Dr. Kleiner enjoys the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest where she lives with her husband and two daughters on Mercer Island, Washington.