and processed foods conditions us to eat more, in a manner that changes our brain circuitry, and that children may develop a pattern of overeating and obesity that they might retain for life. He stresses that this outcome of lifelong obesity is not genetic, but environmental and avoidable. On November 9, 2020, Kessler was announced as one of the three co-chairs of president-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, alongside former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. Days later, Kessler was named a candidate for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Biden Administration. Kessler also served as chief medical adviser to the Biden Inaugural Committee, which organized Biden's 2021 presidential inauguration. On January 15, 2021, the Biden administration announced that it had chosen Kessler to lead Operation Warp Speed, the program to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and other related treatment. Selected publications Kessler, David A., Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease (2020) Kessler, David A., Capture: Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering (2016) Kessler, David A., Your Food Is Fooling You: How Your Brain Is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat, and Salt (2012) (A version of The End of Overeating aimed at teens) Kessler, David A., The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (2009) Kessler, David A., A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry (2001) Eisdorfer, Carl, David A. Kessler, and Abby N. Spector, eds. Caring for the Elderly: Reshaping Health Policy (1989) References External links 1951 births American health and wellness writers Jewish American attorneys American lawyers American medical academics American non-fiction writers American pediatricians Amherst College alumni Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration American university and college faculty deans Harvard Medical School alumni Living people University of California, San Francisco faculty University of Chicago Law School alumni Yale School of Medicine faculty George H. W. Bush administration personnel Clinton administration personnel Members of the National Academy of Medicine