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Expert Profile: Cari Corbet-Owen

Expertise: I'm happy to answer questions about self-acceptance and losing weight naturally. I'll answer questions about the psychology of eating, enjoying exercising and so on. I am not a dietician and so won't answer any food-related questions.

Experience in the area
2 decades of studying medical and psychological journals and given Mind over Fatter workshops internationally. Written two books, The Joy-Filled Body: Eat! Play! Love and Live (available only from ditch-diets-live-light.com) and The Mind over Fatter program.

Organizations
Have been the psychologist to SANEP (The South African Nutrion Experts Panel), and on the team of experts of both the South African Journal of Natural Medicine and Shape magazine.

Publications
Shape, Glamour, Readers digest, O, Men's Health and many many others

Education/Credentials
Clinical psychologist

Awards and Honors
O magazine (S.African) published an excerpt of my book. Been nominated twice for the S.African businesswomen of the Year in 2006 and 2007 in the health category.

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Something controversial or provocative about this subject Fat is not always the health ogre it's made out to be see http;//www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/obsity-research.html. However, our thoughts about our fat cause us enormous chronic stress that cause all the health problems forever blamed on being overweight.

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 110
Knowledge	10.0 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	8.67 Excellent
Timeliness	10.0 Best of the best
Politeness	10.0 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		5
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		13

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/28/08
10	10	10	10	07/16/08
10	6	10	10	06/20/08

User Comments

thank you very much, its very much appreciated
(saz on 07/16/08)

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Recent Answers from Cari Corbet-Owen

2008-08-27 Putting on weight: Hi Afzal Remember that muscle weighs on a scale 3 times what fat does - so it often very common to first gain weight on a scale when you start an exercise programme and start converting fat into muscle...

2008-07-17 weight loss: When it comes to motivation...firstly I think that any kind of eating plan that is based solely on motivation is doomed to fail... because motivation depends on so many fickle factors. You see the strange...

2008-07-14 Weight problem: Dear April It really saddens me that we live in a society where three little letters FAT carry such harsh judgement and such stigmatization. Here's the problem I have with it. Our Creator didn't make...

2008-07-13 Binge Eating: Hi Larnie I'm so sorry about the loss of your husband and as you say you eating has picked up since then, I'd guess that it's your way to trying to fill the hole that your husband has left. And as it...

2008-07-11 losing the gut.: Hi Tasha, whilst losing 10 pounds in 4 weeks is not an unrealistic goal - working out for 2 hours a day sounds excessive. And no matter what else, I would strongly suggest you first see your doctor for...