- John Foreyt, Ph.D.
       Director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center
       Baylor College of Medicine  

The book Breaking The Pattern provides an excellent synthesis of easy-to-use tactics and strategies that give an individual the resources to really effect change in his or her life. Breaking patterns is clearly the single most important factor in changing one's life. I would recommend this book to everyone we all have patterns to break, and new ones to learn.

    - Alan Manevitz, M.D., Clinical Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center and Chairman of e-Shrinks
 

Life is all about the pursuit and attainment of personal goals. If you can't understand why you aren't able to achieve your goals, you'll find Breaking The Pattern to be of tremendous value.

    - Ric Edelman, Financial Advisor and Best-selling Author of The Truth About Money and Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth   

I found Breaking the Pattern to be a valuable resource to help accomplish behavioral change. Charles Platkin's 5 Principles are right on target.

   - Lisa Hark, PhD, RD, Director, Nutrition Education and Prevention Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   

Tired of dieting? Keep in mind that your eating habits are often the hardest to change. Charles Platkin's Breaking The Pattern will inspire you to get to the root of the eating behaviors that undermine your resolve to be healthy and manage your weight. If you want to change, but can't do it on your own, Breaking The Pattern offers accessible solutions based on the latest research.

    - Barbara Rolls, PH.D, Guthrie Chair of Nutrition at Penn State University, President of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity and the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, and author of the best-selling book, Volumetrics.   

Highly readable and motivating. Excellent examples and action activities for weight management. Each component in Platkin's pattern breaking formula is helpful to "career" dieters who have unsuccessfully endured a dozen restrictive weight loss regimens. Breaking the Pattern draws on some of the best behavior change theories and approaches with examples from the famous and the less famous. A valuable tool for long-term weight related behavior change.

    - Sharron Dalton, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Director, New York University Graduate Program in Nutrition  

Breaking The Pattern should be part of everyone's life education, a college course and certainly a best selling book. I truly find Breaking The Pattern some of the most insightful, intelligent information that I have read -- and I do read a significant amount. 

    - Matthew Kenney, Chef and Author Voted Food & Wineís ìTen Best New Chefs in Americaî and the Author of Matthew Kenneyís Mediterranean Cooking   

Breaking The Pattern is a stand out among its genre! As a therapist for more than 20 years, I value Charles Platkin's knowledge and wisdom, which comes from a well-integrated understanding of the complexity of behavioral change. His depth and grasp of those factors that foster change, as well as those that can impede it, guide the reader down an intelligent, friendly and compassionate road throughout the entire process. It's a must read for all of my clients, as well as my friends and family. 

    - Carole McCarty, M.S.W., Therapist  

Regardless of how you define success, Charles Platkin gives you the tools to achieve that ever-so-elusive goal. He doesn't hide the fact that a lot of effort is required, but does provide concrete examples and exercises that can help anyone who is willing to make the effort. By seriously following Platkin's approach, anyone can break the destructive patterns of their life and achieve more than they dreamed.

    - Scott W. Rasmussen, Independent Public Opinion Pollster and Broadcast Commentator - Co-Founder, ESPN  

After many years of being a nutritionist and counseling thousands of clients I understand that successful weight management requires more than a couple months of counting calories and exerciseóbehavior change is an essential component, which is often left out of the program.  Breaking the Pattern offers a step-by-step guide to achieving weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. Plaktin actually takes the reader through specific methods and tactics to identify and really change unwanted behavior. This book will be a must read for every one of my clientsóa book that teaches them to develop healthy lifestyle habits and to break the dieting cycle for good!

    - Carey Clifford, R.D., M.S.   

Breaking the Pattern maps a crystal clear path to self-discovery and behavior change, which is critical in overcoming the worldwide epidemic of obesity.  This book will become an essential tool empowering individuals who struggle to lose or maintain weight, or to identify and break any negative pattern, which prevents them from achieving their goals.

    - Theresa Davis, R.D., M.S.   

Charles Platkin's book Breaking the Pattern is indeed a marvelous piece of work. It not only helps us constantly analyze our existing patterns of behavior but provides enormous opportunities to learn, unlearn and relearn new patterns of behavior by applying The 5 Principles effectively to fulfill both our personal and professional ambitions. Changing patterns of behavior is a key to success in life. Young and old, professionals and others will equally benefit from this book

  - Uma Shanker, PhD, Consulting Psychologist and Management Advisor Centre for Advancement of Management Studies, New Delhi, India