Talking to Your Overweight Teen: Staying Lean for Life

Cynthia Stamper Graff has a keen business sense that sometimes defies the opinion of the majority. In the face of overwhelming odds, Cynthia has surpassed even her own established goals. She is a best-selling author of several diet books, as well as the successful president of the nations largest medically supervised weight control program, Lindora Medical Clinics.

Episode Segments:

Cynthia Stamper Graff & bodyPRIDE Cynthia discusses her interesting career, her father & his approach to weight loss, as well as the Lindora Clinic and how she took its principles and applied them to teens.
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Changing Negative Thoughts Deborah and Robin discuss Cynthias book, focusing on some of the quotes and the mantras it presents.
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Thoughts on the Biggest Loser Its back & Deb and Robin couldnt be happier! Find out what they thought about the season premiere of the Biggest Loser.
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Guest(s) Appearing on this Episode

Cynthia Stamper Graff Cynthia Stamper Graff is President and CEO of Lindora, Inc., the largest multi-site medical weight control system in the United States. A nationally recognized expert in the field of weight management, she has been actively involved in the growth and development of Lindora since 1988. Graff, a leader in integrating technology into the treatment of obesity, has been instrumental in developing Lindora's clinical program as well as the online and by-phone options. For three consecutive years, Lindora has been ranked one the "Top 500 Women Owned Businesses in America" by Working Woman magazine. Graff is the author of Lean for Life Phase One: Weight Loss (with Jerry Holderman), Lean for Life Phase Two: Lifetime Solutions, and bodyPRIDE (with Janet Eastman and Marc C. Smith). She is also the founder of the Lean for Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes obesity research and educational programs, and funds weight control services to selected low-income, morbidly obese men, women, and children. An Orange County Business Journal Women In Business award winner, Graff is a national Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award nominee. She has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 1993 and a member of Adaptive Business Leaders since 1998. Graff holds a law degree from York University in Toronto, and a B.S. in business finance from California State University-Long Beach. She resides in Newport Beach, California. Click here to visit her website