Automatic Diet The Proven 10-Step Process for Breaking Your Fat Pattern and Staying Fit Forever

Charles Stuart Platkin is one of the country's leading nutrition and public-health advocates whose syndicated nutrition and fitness column appears in more than 155 daily newspapers nationally, including the New York Post, the Miami Herald, the Seattle Times, the Orange County Register, Buffalo News, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is the founder and director of The Institute for Nutrition and Behavioral Sciences, a nonprofit organization that conducts obesity-related research and designs public-health programs. Platkin is also the founder of two companies-Integrated Wellness Solutions and Nutricise-that deliver weight control and health information and advice to individuals throughout the country. Integrated Wellness Solutions provides a sophisticated online software program that integrates cutting-edge scientific research and the latest in "behavioral nutrition" research. The program is used by insurance and pharmaceutical companies, fitness centers, and other large corporations to assist more than 500,000 people each year in losing weight and increasing their physical activity. Nutricise is the first program to offer individuals one-on-one weight-control counseling with registered dietitians via e-mail. The company has counseled more than 100,000 people, helping them to understand that choosing to lose weight is not simply about choosing what we put in our mouths, but about choosing how we live our lives. Platkin has been quoted as a weight loss/nutrition expert in numerous publications, including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time, Newsweek, Ladies' Home Journal, Men's Health, Shape, and Fitness; he has also appeared on NBC's The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, CBS's The Early Show, the BBC, and others. He received his Masters in Public Health from Florida International University, and he is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the American Council on Exercise. He received a law degree from Fordham University, and his undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He is also a certified personal trainer. His first book, Breaking the Pattern (www.breakingthepattern.com), was a self-help bestseller in hardcover; it has been used by addiction clinics to assist patients with resolving drug and alcohol-related issues and more than twenty universities around the country as a text to teach behavioral-change techniques to nutrition and dietetic counseling students.Platkin, Charles Stuart is the author of 'Automatic Diet The Proven 10-Step Process for Breaking Your Fat Pattern and Staying Fit Forever', published 2005 under ISBN 9781594630002 and ISBN 1594630003.