Fred Ford

Fred Ford is the international best-selling author of Think and Grow Thin and a longevity-focused behavior change coach who reinvented his health after 60. Once 350 pounds, he lost 135 pounds beginning at age 61 through whole-food nutrition, habit design, and mindset transformation—and has kept it off.

Fred now helps individuals, employers, and health leaders understand how sustainable behavior change—not willpower—drives vitality, metabolic health, and long-term resilience. His work blends evidence-based nutrition, psychology, and performance science into a practical “longevity blueprint” that real people can actually follow.

A sought-after speaker, Fred brings both lived experience and structured methodology to conversations about aging well, preventing chronic disease, and thriving in the second half of life.