Summary: After losing 181 lbs. as a Final 4 contestant on NBC's hit weight-loss reality show, “The Biggest Loser,” Jay Jacobs has become a highly sought after, Family Health & Wellness subject matter expert, wellness ambassador, and keynote speaker. Inspired to pay-it-forward for the past two years, Jay’s book “Smartphone Fit” written by he and his family after losing a collective 425 lbs. and teaching his weekly “shift: from weight loss to wellness” classes have been helping both individuals and families to not only lose weight but keep it off. Most important to Jay is to inspire, motivate and teach people how to live the rest of their life as the best of their life! Jay has been a popular television and radio guest on such programs as Today, Good Morning America and Fox & Friends, and his wellness and lifestyle thought-leadership has appeared in Time, The New York Times, Readers Digest and countless other publications. In addition, Jay is a wellness-ambassador and major-brand spokesperson for over 20 leading companies, including Cargill, Kraft, Starbucks, Chobani, Cigna, NBC, Biggest Loser Resorts, Asics, Body Media, Flywheel Sports and Summer Fit. When Jay’s not researching, writing or motivating others through his corporate wellness speaking engagements, one-to-one coaching, or “shift” classes, he is an active managing partner of Shurn Group: Wellness Matters, his family-owned health and wellness branding and marketing firm helping brands and companies make their product and service strategies, messaging and design, relevant to their customers.
