I need to find Laurel Mellin. She works in the field of kids nutrition
and weight loss. I believe she is in Marin County. She founded a
famous program called 'Shapedown' while working at UCSF. I believe the
program is now called 'Just for Kids'.

Hello belcher:

Thanks for the question. 

Laurel Mellin does not appear to have a website through which you can
contact her directly. Since Google Researchers are not allowed to
provide personal contact information for individuals, I would suggest
contacting her through her "Just for Kids" publisher, Balboa
Publishing Corporation.

Their contact information is:

Balboa Publishing Corporation
1323 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960-2244
Phone: (415) 453-8886
Fax: (415) 453-8888
E-mail: balboapub@aol.com 
Web: www.just-for-kids.org

Make sure you put on your letter of email that you want your
communication forwarded to Ms. Mellin.

Thanks!

websearcher-ga

Search Strategy (on Google):

contact "Laurel Mellin" "just for kids"
balboa publishing
"1323 San Anselmo"

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Clarification of Answer by websearcher-ga on 24 Feb 2003 15:23 PST

I was able to find what looks like a work phone number for Ms. Mellin:

Laurel Mellin, UCSF at 415/457-3331

From: Study Finds Weight Loss Can Be Maintained; Provides New Hope to
Overweight Americans
URL: http://www.shapeup.org/media/prerel/100197.html

And this contact information was found at the UCSF site:

Faculty Roster Search
http://www.som.ucsf.edu/faculty/roster.asp?OldCmd=AdvQuery&ctlSelName=mellin&ctlSelDepartment=&ctlSelTitle=&ctlSelRank=&ctlSelSeries=&cmd=Search&Submit=Search&TabView=Y&Order1=1&Disp2=Y&Order2=&Disp3=Y&Order3=&Order4=&Order5=&Order6=&Order9=&Order10=&Order11=&Order12=&Order13=&Order14=

Hope this helps!

websearcher-ga