Editing Gwen Shamblin Lara (section)

=== Writing ===
Shamblin published the 1997 book ''The Weigh Down Diet'', which advised readers to cut food portions in half, eat only when hungry, and transfer the desire for food into love of God.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mulrine |first=Anna |date=April 27, 1997 |title=A Godly Approach to Weight Loss |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/970505/archive_006847.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205070344/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/970505/archive_006847.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |access-date=April 6, 2007 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> The book sold more than 1.2 million copies and led to further publishing deals.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Booth |first=Claire |date=March 14, 1997 |title=Dietitian says God, not food fills void |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/217232683 |access-date=July 5, 2017 |work=The Times |location=Shreveport, Louisiana |page=2D |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Joel |date=October 24, 1999 |title=The Low-Carb Diet Craze |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,33169-3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123225301/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,33169-3,00.html |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2017 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shamblin |first=Gwen |url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/weigh-down-diet_gwen-shamblin/246851/#edition=2382248&idiq=5415077 |title=The Weigh down Diet : The Inspirational Way to Lose Weight, Stay Slim and Find a New You |publisher=The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group |year=1997 |isbn=9780385487627 |publication-date=February 1997 |access-date=September 1, 2021}}</ref>