God's design for the highly healthy life provides a powerful balance of physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual health You face choices every day that either enhance or threaten your whole health. Do you feel the frustration of finding a gap between what you know and what you do to live the healthiest life you can? Good news. The doctor is in! Dr. Walt Larimore has seen it all---as a family physician, a husband and dad, a medical journalist, and now your doctor on call. He equips you to powerfully protect and enhance your health no matter how healthy, or unhealthy, you find yourself now. *ASSESS YOUR HEALTH: Use the simple 4 Wheels tool to identify the weakest 'spokes' in your whole health. *FIND THE SPOKE THAT'S BROKE: Zero in first where your health is most out of balance. *BENEFIT FROM IMMEDIATE ACTION: Follow practical, achievable advice, and enjoy positive changes in your life. Experience God's Design for the Highly Healthy Life! Formerly titled 10 Essentials of Highly Healthy People.
Walt Larimore. MD, is one of America's best-known family physicians and had been listed in the Best Doctors in America, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and the International Health Professionals of the Year. His MD degree is from Louisiana State University and his Family Medicine residency was at Duke.
Dr. Larimore practiced 4 years in the Smoky Mountains before moving to Central Florida to practice for 16 years. From 1993-1994 he served as the President of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians. In 1996, he was named America's Outstanding Family Medicine Educator by the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 2000, Dr. and Mrs. Larimore were named Educators of the Year by the Christian Medical Association.
In 2001 the Larimores relocated to Colorado where Dr. Larimore is now an author, educator, and medical journalist. He serves on the adjunct family medicine faculty of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and the In His Image Family Medicine Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
From 1996 to 2001, Dr. Larimore hosted over 850 episodes of the daily, live Ask the Family Doctor show on Fox's Health Network--being awarded the prestigious "Gracie" Award by the American Women in Radio and Television. From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Larimore hosted the Focus on Your Family's Health's syndicated radio and TV features.
Dr. Larimore is a frequent guest about family health topics on a wide variety of television and radio programs and has appeared on The Today Show, CBS's Morning Show, several Fox News programs and CNN. He currently provides frequent medical commentary for radio stations in Chicago, Orlando, Baltimore, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Tampa, Albuquerque, and Ft. Wayne.
Dr. Larimore has published over twenty books and over 600 articles in dozens of medical, lay, and Internet publications. His best-selling books include "Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's Practice in the Smoky Mountains," "Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctors Practice in the Smoky Mountains," and "Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook."
His first book, co-written with his wife of 35 years, Barb, is "His Brain, Her Brain: How divinely designed differences can strengthen your marriage."
His first novel, co-written with Paul McCusker, "TSI: The Gabon Virus," and a revised version of his best-selling health book, "10 Essentials of Happy, Healthy People," are both to be released in 2009.
The second TSI book, "TSI: The Influenza Bomb," and his first solo novel in the "Hazel Creek Series" will be released in 2010.
