About the Authors of
MAKING WEIGHT

Arnold Andersen, M.D. is the worlds leading authority on eating disorders in men. Since 1991, he has been the director of the eating disorders Program at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, where he is also a professor of Psychiatry. In addition to treating patients and teaching, he has written several texts and has contributed more than 200 articles in scientific publications. He has also lectured widely to medical and psychological groups worldwide. Dr. Andersen has appeared on a number of national television programs in which he has discussed eating disorders and he has been quoted in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the New York Times. Arnold can be contacted at:
Arnold Andersen, M.D.
(319) 356-1354
arnold-andersen@uiowa.edu

Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS is the founder and editor in chief of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, an internationally recognized peer review journal and is the author and co-author of many books on the subject. He is also the publisher of Gürze Books, a house that specializes in eating disorders publications, including the Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue, which is the most widely used resource in the eating disorders field, and the Eating disorders Review, a newsletter for clinicians. He has served on a number of advisory boards in the field and has been a featured speaker at professional conferences around the country. Leigh can be contacted at:
Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS
(760)434-7533
leigh@gurze.net

Thomas Holbrook, M.D. has been treating males with eating disorders for over twenty years in his psychiatric practice and as the clinical director of the Eating Disorders Program at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. His own story of coming to grips with an eating disorder and compulsive over-exercising is documented in Making Weight and he speaks frequently about his longtime eating problems and his recovery to professional and community groups. He has appeared as an eating disorders expert on several television programs and his articles have appeared in numerous professional publications. Thomas can be contacted at:
Thomas Holbrook, M.D.
(800) 767-4411
thomholbrook@earthlink.net

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