This Healia Health Guide on Obesity / Overweight was written by Joel Dahms, MS on August 15th, 2008 and was reviewed by Jessica Eisner, MD on September 3rd, 2008.

Contributors

Jessica Eisner, MD, graduated from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine and went on to complete her residency in laboratory medicine at the University of Washington. She received the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists' Young Investigator of the Year Award for this work and its subsequent adaptation for DNA micro-arrays.

Joel Dahms, MS, is a biomedical writer with a master's degree in neuroscience from UCLA and a master's degree in technical communication from the University of Washington. He also teaches anatomy and physiology at a community college in Seattle.