About the Author

Lee Fairbanks is an award-winning journalist who developed a passion for health after witnessing diet-related illnesses in his own family. Since 1992 he has lectured and written about health for a major international nutritional company. He has spoken on weight loss, sports fitness nutrition and longevity in six countries and his training manuals have been translated into four languages.

He began developing the Keep America Slim program in 1995 after becoming disappointed by the inconsistent results of the existing programs he was teaching. By applying journalistic principles of interviewing and analyzing data and opinions, he formulated the Keep America Slim program to help people understand conflicting and confusing 'scientific' opinions. And to create a program that could be personalized by anyone to meet their own individual needs and challenges.