Robert F. Kushner, M.D. I am not a Hollywood celebrity, a buff personal trainer or an MBA graduate. I am a physician who for the past 25 + years have been practicing lifestyle medicine to help patients manage their weight and get healthier. I am author of the Personality Type Diet and co-author of the newly released Fitness Unleashed, A Dog and Owner's Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together. I've counseled thousands upon thousands of patients who have gone on and off more quick-fix diets than they want to admit. My patients are not cover-girl models but are teachers, lawyers, chefs, administrators, CEO's, writers, policemen, businessmen, nurses, members of the clergy, secretaries, homemakers, single moms and students, all who come to me searching for real answers to their struggles with weight. As author of the American Medical Association's Obesity Treatment Guide for Physicians, I have also dedicated my career to educating doctors about weight management for their patients. I've addressed the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Harvard Medical School. I've traveled as far as India, South Korea and Hungary to spread the word of the worsening obesity epidemic, of which America is the epicenter. As a nation, we are starving for the right diet related information. I am here to do my share. Board certified in internal medicine and nutrition, Dr. Robert Kushner has published more than 100 scientific articles on obesity and nutrition and studied in-depth the life patterns approach to weight loss, which is based on 25 years of clinical experience and research. His life patterns approach is featured on the diet.com website, where Dr. Kushner is medical director, diet.com premium membership. Dr. Kushner is also Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, former Medical Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Wellness Institute and Past President, American Board of Nutrition Physician Specialists. He has been listed in Best Doctors in America since 2001 and has become a reputed national and international speaker. He is frequently quoted in the media and has appeared on such national television programs as Good Morning America, CNN and the Today Show, weekend edition. In addition to maintaining a thriving medical practice, teaching students, conducting research, speaking around the world and raising two children, Dr. Kushner and his wife, Nancy, a master's prepared nurse practitioner, health writer and co-author of Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet, keep fit with an active lifestyle. Together they take long walks with their Havanese dog, Cooper, walk instead of drive whenever possible around the neighborhood and when traveling, enjoy yoga classes to calm their “Fast Pacer” personality trait tendencies and split entrees at restaurants to keep their “Hearty Portioner” eating habits at bay. For the past 21 years, the Kushners have been known to engage in fun Saturday night activities such as moonlight cross country skiing, kickboxing, high ropes courses, ice skating, canoeing and fencing lessons to name some, with their fun club social group of 13 couples. The Kushners do confess to becoming “Couch Champions” once a week every Monday night when they watch their favorite television show, 24. Take my personality quiz to find out your diet personality!