Louis J. Aronne is an American physician and author who is an internationally recognized obesity specialist.

Heart specialists and obesity specialists said they were very concerned by the observations.

The director is a Queens internist who has been an obesity specialist for eight years.

Dr. Wayne Calloway, an obesity specialist who teaches at George Washington University, is highly critical of such diets.

In a May 2010 USA Today article, childhood obesity specialists praised the recommendations that the Task Force released.

But some obesity specialists who practice within the academic obesity field are dubious.

Dr. Suzie Schuder, a psychiatrist and bariatric doctor, an obesity specialist, with a practice in White Plains, agreed.

More and more, obesity specialists recommend seeking your "natural weight" rather than a goal weight based on a chart.

Across the country, dozens of obesity specialists have noticed an increase in patients on the fast-and-binge roller coaster over the past three years.

Time, in fact, may be the magic bullet that the obesity specialists have long been looking for.