Taylor LeBaron - Ball Ground, Georgia

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torchbearer
Author of Cutting Myself in Half

Taylor is the author of Cutting Myself In Half, a book that showcases Taylor's unique teen fitness plan that helped him reduce his weight from 297 pounds to 145 pounds at the age of 14. Taylor is also a Tufts Medical Center teen spokesperson for a diabetes program aimed to avoid and reverse the on-set of diabetes through healthy dieting. He now views fitness as a lifestyle - one that changed, and added years to, his life. Taylor is also a big recycler. He and a small group of tech students known as Geeks Get it Done, started a program to recycle old computers, donating many to elderly people. Click here to learn more about Taylor's story
View "The Today Show" article on LeBaron's 'video game diet'
Watch the Good Day Atlanta FOX video about LeBaron's book "Cutting Myself in Half"
View Torchbearer's Q&A poster