Jeanette Jenkins, founder and president of TheHollywoodTrainer.com, is a Nike Elite Athlete, Pod Fitness Premier Trainer and the official spokesperson for BET Foundation's A Healthy BET campaign.

She has worked with many celebrities including Queen Latifah, actress Taryn Manning, swimsuit model Amy Weber and several NFL and NBA athletes.

Jenkins was one of three children raised by her single mother in public housing, and fitness is what kept her focused. A natural athlete, she found a safe haven in sports, one that taught her the value of discipline and team work, and most importantly instilled self-confidence and a can-do attitude.

Jenkins studied human kinetics at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and holds more than 17 international certifications covering nutrition and various fitness training methods. Her expertise as a fitness and nutritional consultant has been featured on Oprah.com, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Extra, Access Hollywood, MSNBC.com, eDiets.com, The Tyra Banks Show, the Food Network, VH1 and the BET network.

Her work has also been profiled in People, O, The Oprah Magazine, InStyle, Fitness, Shape, Self, Redbook, Glamour, CosmoStyle, and Essence, among many other magazines. She writes regular columns for the Los Angeles Daily News, Urban Influence Magazine, Precious Times and MSNBC.com, to name a few.

Jenkins is the creator of the internationally successful Hollywood Trainer Cross-Training System." Her latest venture, The Hollywood Trainer Weight-Loss Plan: 21 Days to Make Healthy Living a Lifetime Habit (Putman/Penguin Books), with a foreword by Queen Latifah, will be available in book stores nationwide in April 2007.

Jenkins continues to study new research and new techniques that will help people improve the quality of their lives. Her mission is to use her 17 years of experience in the health and fitness industry to educate, motivate and inspire people to live their best holistic life.

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