Prof. Thomas Wadden University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program. Dr. Wadden's principal research is on the treatment of obesity by methods that have included lifestyle modification, very-low-calorie diets, exercise,... read moremedication and surgery. Dr. Wadden serves on the NIH's Clinical Obesity Research Program and on the editorial boards of "International Journal of Eating Disorders", "Journal of Consulting" and "Clinical Psychology and Obesity Research". He is President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.