The Diet Selector: Get Skinny on the Most Popular and Successful Diets (and Some You Haven't Heard About!) - Softcover

Rodriguez, Judith C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762432004 ISBN 13: 9780762432004

Publisher: Running Press,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

Navigate your way through the maze of diets and make informed choices about which will work for you with this invaluable guide. Overwhelmed by the number of different diets out there? Underwhelmed by past results? "The Diet Selector" gives you the low-down on more than 50 different weight-loss and health-promoting diets, allowing you to make an informed choice and select a diet that suits your needs, lifestyle, goals and budget. It comprehensively explains the relative merits of different weight loss plans such as low-calorie, carbohydrate-restricted and lifestyle-focused. It features health-promoting diets including plans for allergies and intolerances, migraine and gastrointestinal problems. Colourful charts illustrate the calorific values of key foods and the effectiveness of different types of exercise regimes. It is interspersed with fascinating diet-related trivia. At-a-glance icons indicate degree of difficulty, cost, time frame, popularity and 'family friendliness' of each plan.

About this title

About the Author

Judith C Rodriguez is currently a professor at the University of North Florida, and has a wealth of experience, including working as a consulting and community nutritionist, coordinator and director of diet programmes, in nutrition education in schools and university settings and as a clinical dietician. In addition she has worked as a nutrition consultant for public relations firms, a food company and for a national nutrition and health study.

Edition details

• Publisher: Running Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762432004
• ISBN 13: 9780762432004
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192