Ellen Frankel, MSW has worked in the field of eating disorders since 1987. She has served as consultant for numerous programs including the Massachusetts Eating Disorder Association (MEDA) and Laurel Hill Inn, a residential eating disorders program in Boston. She provides workshops for students and professionals on the treatment and prevention of eating disorders and has made several television appearances. She has served on the MEDA board of directors and authored the column "Body and Soul" for the association’s monthly newsletter.

Judith Matz, MSW has worked in the field of compulsive eating since 1986 and is the director of the Chicago Center For Overcoming Overeating, Inc. She provides workshops and seminars for the lay public in addition to therapists, dieticians and exercise physiologists interested in non-diet approaches for their clients. She has written many articles about this topic and served as co-editor for the Overcoming Overeating Newsletter. She is in private practice in Skokie, Illinois.