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Dr. Lynn Peterson is an author, podcaster, researcher, and health educator dedicated to closing the health equity gap in Black and Brown communities. She created and hosts (Health News & Views-Food The Final Frontier), a podcast now past 140 episodes, that explores chronic disease prevention and health literacy, and she spent 15 years teaching more than 3,000 Allied Health students in post-secondary education.
Her debut book, Flying With the Birds, the authorized biography of the last original member of the Dixie Hummingbirds, was a #1 Hottest New Release in July 2025. In Food: The Final Frontier: The Plain Truth About Food, Chronic Disease, & Health in Black & Brown Communities, she distills her life's work — four years and 140+ podcast episodes, a decade and a half in the classroom, and a career spent translating research into language people can actually use. She holds a BA degree in Communications and honorary advanced degrees in adult education. She is a Certified Health Coach & Advocate and a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor.
But Dr. Peterson writes as more than a researcher and educator. She writes as a daughter, a sister, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother — someone who watched people she loved pay a price that this book's information might have helped reduce, or prevent altogether. That's the lens behind everything she creates: rigorous enough to trust, personal enough to matter.
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