Dr John Gedney qualified from the University of Nottingham in 1979 and from 1984 worked as a GP in Northumberland with a special interest in Mental Health, Rheumatic Diseases and Diabetes. Now retired from clinical work he has an ongoing interest in the challenges posed by people being overweight and the pandemic of Type 2 Diabetes, particularly in the context of the food environment and the evolving science of Metabolic Syndrome.
Pamela Myles-Hooton worked as an accredited cognitive behavioural therapist for over twenty years and is an honorary fellow of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).
She spent over eleven years training others in delivering evidence-based interventions at the University of Reading, and later worked with NHS Education for Scotland to develop a training programme for mental health staff who help people experiencing anxiety and depression.