Introduces an effective, doctor-designed twelve-week program that includes easy-to-follow meal plans, more than two hundred healthful and delicious recipes, detailed guidelines for eating out, a long-term strategy for keeping the weight off, and a low-intensity, fat-burning, and toning fitness program designed to maximize the results. Original. 400,000 first printing.

Product Description: Obesity represents the second leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States each year behind only cigarette smoking. Underlying causes of obesity include genetic propensity, inadequate physical activity and poor nutritional habits...read more

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Provides more than three hundred heart-smart recipes that range from favorite American classics to vegetarian and ethnic dishes, and incorporates the latest information on heart disease and diet. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Product Description: Containing detailed information on the more than 30,000 items available in the average supermarket, this valuable guide presents the most current information available on calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. This revised edition of the national bestseller includes a new section on heart-healthy cooking...read more

Tells how to achieve permanent weight control, deal with the craving for fats, acquire a healthy self-image, make use of exercise, and take advantage of a low-fat diet

Product Description: For the millions of Americans frustrated by diets and weight control programs that just don't work, here is a breakthrough book that shows how to end the destructive cycle of dieting once and for all. "A must-read for people who have tried and failed at dieting".--USA Today.

Essays discuss the set-point theory, fat cells, diet and health, symptoms of eating disorders, and body image distrubances, and examines treatments, therapies, and psychological considerations

The pioneering heart surgeon works with a leading cardiologist, a dietician, and a psychologist to present therapeutic diets, complete with specially developed recipes, for the prevention and management of heart disease