Louis J. Aronne

Louis J. Aronne is an American physician and author who is an obesity medicine specialist. He is quoted in the news media as an expert in the field of weight research. He is perhaps best known for diagnosing David Letterman's heart condition in 2000. His book, released in 2009, The Skinny on Losing Weight Without Being Hungry is a NY Times best-seller. His book, The Change Your Biology Diet: The Proven Program for Lifelong Weight Loss with a foreword by David Letterman was published on January 5, 2016.

Early life and education Aronne was born in Brooklyn, NY, to parents of Italian descent. He graduated from Poly Prep Country Day School in 1973 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. and founding board member and diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Career Aronne is the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, an attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is medical director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, which he founded in 1986

Aronne is a past president of The Obesity Society, He was a reviewing member of the Department of Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration's publication, Guidance for the Clinical Evaluation of Weight-Control Drugs. Aronne also helped develop the Veterans Administration MOVE! Program, the largest weight loss program in the U.S. He has been a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. He has authored over 100 scientific publications, book chapters, abstracts, and books on obesity.

In 2008, Aronne founded BMIQ, which is now Intellihealth Evolve, a SaaS platform designed to treat obesity within a medically supervised setting. The Evolve platform provides clinical decision support tools for physicians, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, exercise physiologists, and behavioral psychologists with evidence based diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and telehealth/telemedicine tools to remotely monitor patients with obesity as a disease.

Medical philosophy Aronne supports the creation of the obesity medicine sub-specialty within the American Board of Internal Medicine. Aronne's core belief is that obesity is a progressive metabolic disease of weight-regulating mechanisms, which leads to a deterioration in fullness and satiety. Wherein the "feed-forward" phenomenon, caused by leptin resistance, appetite is stimulated, rather than inhibited, by eating. The final stage of the fullness mechanism breakdown, which Aronne has termed "fullness resistance", is the delayed or nonexistent sensation of fullness.

Aronne's diet recommendations are based on the low-glycemic and Mediterranean diets with an added "food order" modification. at Weill Cornell Medicine, is to consume protein and vegetables first (both within the context of a meal and a day) followed later by consuming whole grain carbohydrates. The Today Show, Dateline NBC, 20/20, 48 Hours, and most other national news programs. In 2001 and 2002,

Books Aronne's first book, Weigh Less Live Longer, from John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was published in 1996.

Honors Aronne has won several awards for teaching, including the Leo M. Davidoff Society Prize from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1983 and the Eliot Hochstein Teaching Award from Cornell University in 1990. and the 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award by Poly Prep Country Day School. He has been regularly ranked in Castle Connolly's and New York Magazine's Best Doctors in New York as a specialist in obesity and internal medicine.

Personal life Aronne is married with two children.