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Dr. Heber's primary areas of research are obesity treatment and prevention, and the role of nutrition, phytonutrients, and botanical dietary supplements in the prevention and treatment of common forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease. He has published seminal research articles on the causes of obesity, weight loss strategies, and the relationship of obesity to cancer and cardiovascular disease, and is the author of over 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles, over 50 book chapters, several professional texts, and four books for the public including "What Color Is Your Diet?" and " The LA Shape Diet."

Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD, is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition, chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition, and a Lynda and Stewart Resnick Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Currently, she is the vice president of National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, the president of the World Association of Chinese Doctors in Clinical Nutrition, and a member of American Society for Nutrition Medical Nutrition Council.

Dr. Li is board certified in internal medicine and a physician nutrition specialist. She completed her MD and PhD in physiology at Beijing University, China and has been a faculty member at UCLA. She is leading the Center for Human Nutrition to have vigorous research programs in nutrition, microbiome, and metabolism; providing mentorship and didactic and informal training for young scientists, premed, medical students, medical residents, fellows, and clinicians; and directing clinical programs that specialize in metabolic diseases, bariatric medicine, gastrointestinal diseases, and cancer prevention/treatment.

For nearly three decades, Dr Li's research interest has focused on translational research in the role of macronutrients and phytochemicals in the prevention and treatment of obesity-related chronic diseases. She has been a principal investigator for over 50 investigator-initiated National Institutes of Health- and industry-sponsored clinical trials and published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and Journal of American Dietetic Association.