About the Author

One of the nation's foremost physicians in nutritional intervention and best-selling author of the groundbreaking book Dr. A's Habits of Health, Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen has devoted his career to forging new territory in the realm of creating optimal health through a comprehensive approach that addresses and breaks through logistical and psychological barriers. As the nation's tenth board-certified physician in critical care, he helped pioneer the emerging subspecialty of intensive care medicine, serving as director of critical care at Grandview Medical Center. Now co-founder of Take Shape for LifeTM and executive director of the Health Institute, a training and certification organization in the emerging field of health coaching, he also serves as medical director of Medifast(R) and as a reviewer for Critical Care Medicine Journal in the area of nutrition.

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