Ross Andersen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is an internationally known researcher in several areas of body composition, metabolism, and the benefits of moderate exercise for obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Susan J. Bartlett, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of weight and eating disorders. She is the Associate Director of Clinical Psychology at the Johns Hopkins Weight Control Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and an instructor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D., serves as Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Director of the Division of Nutrition, and is the first incumbent of the S. Daniel Abraham chair on Nutrition Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Nutrition Support Service, Chief of the Nutritional/Metabolism Laboratory, Director of the Center for the Study of Nutrition and Medicine, all of which are affiliated with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., is Director of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications and Director of Research at The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas. His research focuses on associations between lifestyle and health, with a specific emphasis on exercise, physical fitness, and chronic disease.

Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.

Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert on weight control. Currently, he is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University as well as Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders.

John Foreyt, Ph.D.

John Foreyt, Ph.D., is a recognized expert in the field of obesity and weight control and currently Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In addition, Dr. Foreyt is the Director of the DeBakey Heart Center and Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Baylor.

Carlos M. Grilo, Ph.D.

Carlos M. Grilo, Ph.D., is Director of Psychology and the Psychological Assessment and Evaluation Service at the Yale Psychiatric Institute and is Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also Founding Director of the Eating Disorder Programs at the Yale Psychiatric Institute.

William L. Haskell, Ph.D.

William L. Haskell, Ph.D., is Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is Deputy Director of the Stanford Center for Research on Disease Prevention. He has been the principal investigator on numerous studies investigating the prevention or management of various chronic degenerative diseases, especially cardiovascular disease.

Susan G. Kayman, Dr.P.H., R.D

Susan G. Kayman, Dr.P.H., R.D., is the program manager for cholesterol education and weight control programs for the Northern California division of Kaiser Permanente. Her special areas of emphasis and expertise include: nutrition education, weight management, chronic disease management, minimal-intervention strategies, relapse-prevention strategies, problem-solving training and development of care management and computer tracking programs.

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H.

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief of the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition Program at the St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. He is also the Director of the Obesity Research Center and Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the past President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity and, among many NIH-funded studies, lead the development of the first Federal guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults.

James O. Prochaska, Ph.D.

James O. Prochaska, Ph.D., is Director of the Cancer Prevention Research Consortium and is Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. He has published more than 100 papers on behavior change for health promotion and disease prevention. A recent study conducted by the Institute for Scientific Information and the American Psychological Society listed Dr. Prochaska among the 10 most influential authors in Psychology. He is a consultant to the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, numerous health maintenance organizations, corporations, research journals, and universities and research centers.

Sachiko St. Jeor, R.D., Ph.D.

Sachiko St. Jeor, R.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Nutrition Education and Research Program at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada. Dr. St. Jeor was a member of the Weighing the Options Committee, the 1995 Dietary Guidelines Committee, and the committee that developed the first treatment guidelines for obesity.