Michelle May, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. is the founder of Am I Hungry?®, a cognitive-behavioral weight management program, and author of Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don't Work and 'H' is for Healthy - Weight Management for Kids. Dr. May received the Patient Care Excellence in Patient Education Innovation Award in 2005 for her work.
Dr. May is a Board Certified Family Physician and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). She serves on the AAFP Commission on the Health of the Public and is chair of the Americans in Motion Advisory Panel. She is also chair of the AAFP Women's Health and Physician Wellness Conference. She is Past President of the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians, Chairperson for the AAFP Subcommittee on Women and delegate to the AAFP Congress of Delegates. She is also a leader in many other professional and community organizations.
As a physician, speaker, writer, workshop facilitator and consultant, Dr. May has shared her approach to weight management with thousands of workshop participants, health care professionals and organizations across the country. As an advocate for a non-diet approach to weight management, she advises individuals, organizations and corporations on issues of health, nutrition and obesity.