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Linda Mintle, Ph.D.,
is a Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist, an Assistant Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Eastern
Virginia Medical School, a national news consultant,
speaker and expert on relationships and the psychology
of food, and a BeliefNet blogger. She is also a best-selling
author with 19 book titles currently published. Her Web site is drlindahelps.com.
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