reducing diets

Examines the role that food plays in the home and how the family affects self-image, and provides suggestions for healthy living to protect against eating disorders.

Challenges conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss, arguing that society's obsession with weight loss is not about being trim and healthy, but about money, power, and trends.

The author offers suggestions and recipes for a lifestyle comparable to the French that includes eating pleasurable foods while maintaining an exercise regimen and concludes that deprivation can lead to overindulgence.

Explores diet fads, discussing myths about fat, metabolism, overeating, different kinds of diets, hunger, meal planning, and good eating habits. Includes a glossary and lists of further reading and resources.

Television personality Al Roker discusses his battle with weight loss, describing his initial successes after bypass surgery, his efforts to get back on track after regaining lost weight, and his confrontation with goal-compromising childhood issues.

"New York Times" restaurant critic Frank Bruni chronicles his lifelong battle with his weight, describing how his love of food from an early age lead to health and self-esteem problems as an adult and explaining how he finally managed to lose weight and keep it off, despite his profession.

Contains eleven essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to dieting, discussing if most Americans need to lose weight, gastric bypass surgery, calorie restriction, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

Argues that refined carbohydrates cause obesity, discussing the history of carbohydrates in American diets, low-carbohydrate weight loss, and scientific studies that support the author's views.

Introduces topics related to maintaining good health, such as skin and hair care, cleanliness, sleep, dental hygiene, and the avoidance of extreme weight loss diets, drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.