Acknowl­edgments This book is dedicated to my ­ family, in par­tic­ u ­ lar to my best friend, expert critic, and lovely ­sister Dr. Maureen Waine and to my wonderful brother-­ in-­law Dr. Eric Waine. We have all strug­gled with weight together. Many willing minds have helped me along the way—­both expert patients and expert clinicians. Thank you all. ­ Here are just a few whom I can name: Natalie O’Dea, who helped me find the first ingredients, and Samantha Joel, a talented chef who taught me to cook up any number of dif­fer­ent weight-­loss diets. Of course, ­there is always a support team—­ Professors Monika Thomas and Michael Kidd, Dr. Inge Okkes, Chris Moller, and Joan Fitzhenry—­who never lost faith in my abilities. Special thanks to Professor Julie Silver, who gave me the skills to write such a complex book, and to Debbie Carvalko, the most wonderful editor a writer could have, and to the production team: Bridget Austiguy-Preschel,­ Nitesh Sharma, and Fred Dahl.
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