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This program from The Doctor Is In presents three case studies illustrating a spectrum of treatment approaches for obesity: medical center-based plans emphasizing exercise, education, portion control, and peer support; medicines that suppress the appetite and promote weight loss; and bariatric surgery. In addition, Madelyn Fernstrom, Sharon Alger-Mayer, and William Laycock discuss their work in the field of weight management.

A physician specializing in the treatment of obesity explains how to create a customized weight-loss program that is tailored to each individual's lifestyle, medical profile, food preferences, and other personal factors.

Expanded edition with new recipes, diet tips, and research. Updated information on Atkins' safe, easy and effective method for lasting weight-loss. Over 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list--Cover.

"New medical breakthroughs that use the power of your brain and body chemistry to help you lose weight and keep it off for life"--Jacket.

Arguing that a woman's body shape is an indicator of her future health, a lifestyle guide discusses the biological factors that correspond with a range of diseases while recommending specific diet, exercise, and treatment options.

Did you know the average dinner from a chain restaurant costs nearly $35 a person and contains more than 1,200 calories? That?s hard on your wallet and your waistline, and few people understand this better than the authors of Eat This, Not That! After years of helping consumers navigate America?s daunting culinary landscape? and literally thousands of weight-loss success stories? Dave and Matt have finally turned their nutritional savvy to the place...

"The Paleo Diet will work wonders. Dr. Loren Cordain demonstrates how, by eating your fill of satisfying and delicious lean meats and fish, fresh fruits, snacks, and non-starchy vegetables, you can lose weight and prevent and treat heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and many other illnesses. Breakthrough nutrition program based on eating the foods we were genetically designed to eat-lean meats and fish and other foods that made...

"Author of the popular Primal Body, Primal Mind and widely recognized Paleo expert and nutritionist, Nora Gedgaudas presents a revolutionary, scientific, accessible high-fat diet for maintaining health, losing weight, and reversing some chronic diseases. Popular nutritionist Nora Gedguadas returns with advice that may sound counterintuitive: Eat fat to burn fat. In her new book, Primal Fat Burner, she explains the benefits and science behind a ketogenic...

A science-based weight-loss guide explains how to make informed food selections, incorporate an exercise program, and recover from setbacks, as well as providing a twenty-eight day menu planner and more than one hundred and fifty recipes.

Offers a holistic diet plan that takes into account how old behavioral patterns and self-doubt that can sabotage efforts at weight loss, encouraging readers to discover which of four archtypes they embody, and how to use that knowledge to their benefit.