The “Medi” in Medifast:
Weight loss designed, used, and recommended by doctors
About Medifast:
- Created by William Vitale, M.D. and originally sold directly to doctors
- Scientifically formulated to be safe, filling, and nutritious
- Clinically proven to help you lose weight fast
- Recommended by over 20,000 doctors and used by over a million customers since 1980
Scientific Advisory Board
This cross-disciplinary panel reviews the effectiveness and safety of Medifast products and programs, and assists in developing new ones.
Members:
David Allison, Ph. D.
Professor and Head at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Debra L. Miller, Ph.D.
Director of Nutrition at The Hershey Company
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Lawrence Cheskin, M.D.
Director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in Baltimore, MD
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Varsha Vaidya, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of the Obesity Psychiatry program at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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Miriam Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Cardiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Medical School
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Kerry Stewart, Ed.D., FAHA, FAACVPR, FACSM, FSGC
Professor of Medicine, Director of Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Alison Duncan, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Health and Natural Sciences at the University of Guelph; Functional Foods Expert
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