EAT: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution Hardcover - 2011

Ian K. Smith, M.D., is the number one bestselling author of "The Fat Smash Diet," "Extreme Fat Smash Diet," "The 4 Day Diet," "The 4 Day Detox" and "Happy." He is a medical contributor on "The View" and "The Rachael Ray Show," the diet expert on VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club," and host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Healthwise" on American Urban Radio Networks. He writes a medical column for "Men's Health" magazine. He has written for various publications including "Time" and "Newsweek," and been featured in "People," "Essence," "Ebony" and "Cosmopolitan," among others. He is a former medical correspondent for NBC and for NewsChannel 4 in New York, where he filed reports for NBC's "Nightly News" and "The Today Show." In 2007, he created the 50 Million Pound Challenge, a free national weight loss initiative with a growing list of more than 1.9 million people registered. Dr. Smith graduated from Harvard College with an AB and received a master's in science education from Columbia University. He attended Dartmouth Medical School and completed the last two years of his medical education and graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. A native of Danbury, Connecticut, Dr. Smith currently resides in Manhattan.