Yolanda Lewis-Ragland

Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland is a passionate health advocate, thought-provoking lifestyle interventionist and compassionate physician who is board-certified through both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Her global health training and extensive experience in clinical service has set her apart as the subject expert on self-care strategies and obesity management in both children and adults.

She has collaborated with and performed seminars and trainings for organizations such as Black Entertainment Television (BET), the U.S. Peace Corps, United Way, USAID, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and helped advance public health initiatives of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to name a few. Likewise, she travels the world yearly with her medical team, educating and serving through medical missions, health fairs, and foreign government trainings, often as the sole pediatric provider.

Dr. Yolanda is an engaging and highly sought-after speaker, author, and health consultant who has been a featured repeat guest on “The Diane Rehm Show” on National Public Radio (NPR), “The Awakening TV Talk Show” and “The Village Talk Radio Show.” She is featured monthly on the “Walking In Victory” Radio Show, and is featured annually on local radio and TV shows in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, encouraging healthy living and offering obesity prevention tips while promoting the Healthy Encores Lifestyle Festival annual health fair as the event’s medical director. Dr. Yolanda also shares information on health, fitness and nutrition as a regular contributor to the internet film magazine “Quiet on The Set” and with the readers of her own nutrition blog, BodyDocPro.com.

Guided by the principle of empowerment through knowledge, Dr. Yolanda motivates her audiences to improve their health and transform their lives by arming individuals with practical nutrition facts guaranteed to decrease stress and the harmful weight issues connected to it, regain focus and improve memory by identifying foods and practices that cause brain fog, and prolong and improve quality of life by providing a practical and affordable blueprint of vitality foods.