JAMIE POPE, M.S., R.D.,, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, is Assistant Professor in Nutritional Sciences in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She has been with Vanderbilt University since 1986, working in the areas of obesity research, weight management, health promotion, and heart disease prevention and—since 2000—teaching introductory nutrition courses.  Steven Nizielski, M.S., Ph.D., MS, PhD, earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in Wildlife Biology and assisted in research projects involving Siberian tigers and gray wolves before entering graduate school. He earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees at the University of Minnesota in nutrition, with an emphasis in biochemistry.