Recipes For Weight Loss Surgery Success: Starting Your Journey Step-By-Step
Chef Dave Fouts, "The World's First Bariatric Chef" and clinical dietitian, Vicki Bovee, MS, RD, LD, founded Simply Smart Food, a culinary and nutrition company specializing in weight management and bariatric, weight loss surgery, services and programs, in 2007. They have worked with major companies such as Allergan Canada, Obesity Help, JourneyLite, Kellogg's, and PepsiCo. Both are Advisory Board members for WLS Lifestyles and Obesity Action Coalition. Chef Dave Fouts received his culinary degree in 1994 from the Florida Culinary Institute. In 2002 Chef Dave had weight loss surgery and is maintaining a 270 pound weight loss. These days you can find him performing at cooking seminars across the country, writing for bariatric publications and his website, www.chefdave.org. Chef Dave lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife and two sons. Vicki is a registered dietitian with over 25 years experience in weight management, specializing in bariatric nutrition since 2003. In addition to working with Chef Dave, she works with weight loss surgery patients before and after surgery, conducting classes and individual counseling sessions and developing patient education materials. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Obesity Action Coalition. Vicki received a M.S degree from Montana State University and a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Vicki lives in West Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband.