Conquering Obesity: Your Guide to Healthy and Successful Weight Management - Softcover

Levy, Lance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552634248 ISBN 13: 9781552634240

Publisher: Key Porter Books Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Dr. Levy believes that very few overweight people are overweight because they are too lazy to go for a walk. Every obese person who has struggled to lose weight know what an average breakfast, lunch, and dinner should look like. For various reasons, however, they are unable to follow an average meal plan. This book explains why.

Understanding Obesity focuses on the causes of obesity. Ninety percent of obesity is caused by mood disorders, chronic tiredness, chronic pain, chronic gastrointestinal discomfort, or binge eating disorder. You cannot treat obesity until you treat the cause. In fact, in 40 percent of cases, treating the cause results in significant weight loss without any special diets. Dr. Levy, a specialist in the treatment of obesity, also promotes cognitive therapy to help obese people refocus on the physical cues of hunger and fullness, since a large percentage of overweight people may have a poorly developed ability to recognize true hunger and true fullness signals from their body.

This authoritative book deals with: diet plans and fads, surgery, diet drugs, obesity in childhood, and medical problems associated with obesity.

About this title

Synopsis

For men and women who are obese, the weight loss journey is about much more than shedding a few pounds. Obesity can lead to serious health risks and problems -- both physical and psychological -- and the struggle to cope can be a frustrating, life-long endeavour. It doesn't have to be this way. In Conquering Obesity, medical nutrition specialist Dr Lance Levy offers a highly individual approach for dealing with weight management that recognises obesity as a symptom of a larger, often undiagnosed, problem. This updated edition includes the latest information on the links between obesity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the effectiveness of cognitive and psychodynamic therapies, night-time eating syndrome, and the non-negotiable time commitment needed to work on diet and lifestyle changes. Augmented with extensive case studies and data from Levy's own successful practice, this book offers hope to anyone fighting the battle of weight management.

About the Author

Dr. Lance Levy, a member of the Division of Clinical Nutrition at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1985-1994, directs a mutli-disciplinary team at the Nutritional and Eating Disorders Clinic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Key Porter Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552634248
• ISBN 13: 9781552634240
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200