Nutrition Exercise and Behavior or CHOOSE TO LOSE FOR MEN PA

Nutrition, Exercise, and Behavior: An Integrated Approach to Weight Managem

Author: Liane M Summerfield

This text presents the basic principles of weight management and examines the role that nutrition and physical fitness play in weight control. The text includes detailed coverage of assessment techniques, behavioral and non-behavioral treatment approaches, and prevention strategies.

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Covers dietary, exercise, and behavioral factors that play a role in the treatment and prevention of obesity and eating disorders. Part I describes causes of obesity and eating disorders and assessment methods used in weight management. Part II considers nutritional management issues, such as energy nutrients, micronutrients, energy metabolism, and regulation of eating and activity. Part III focuses on physical activity and exercise, and Part IV presents behavioral and nonbehavioral intervention strategies. Summerfield teaches nutrition and health at Marymount University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 1. Overweight, Underweight, and Obesity. 2. Eating Disorders. 3. Assessment Approaches in Weight Management. PART II: NUTRITION FOR HEALTH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 4. The Energy Nutrients. 5. Vitamins, Minerals, and Water. 6. Energy Metabolism. 7. Regulation of Eating Behavior and Body Weight. PART III: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 8. Exercise: The Basics. 9. Physical Activity, Health, and Weight Management. PART IV: APPROACHES TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 10. Behavioral Approaches to Weight Management. 11. Non-Behavioral Approaches to Weight Management. 12. Prevention of Obesity and Eating Disorders. Appendixes. Index.

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CHOOSE TO LOSE FOR MEN PA

Author: Nancy Goor

Responding to a surge in demand among the physicians and dieticians who run counseling programs based on their earlier best-selling books, Dr. Ron and Nancy Goor have devised the first-ever fitness and nutrition plan specifically for men. Studies show that there are more than 40 million overweight men in the United States. Yet men have never before been so interested in reading about their own health, as demonstrated by the explosive growth of such male-oriented magazines as Men's Health, with 1.5 million subscribers. Like the Goors' earlier books, The Choose to Lose Weight-Loss Plan for Men empowers the reader to control his weight by giving him all the information necessary to create his own clear, quantitative "fat budget." No gimmicks, no fluff. No single food is off limits or forbidden. Users can eat as much as they like. In addition, there is an entire section devoted to aerobic exercise, stretching, and weight training, to take maximum advantage of the fat-burning potential of the male body. This is not a fad diet but a sustainable, even enjoyable way of life for today's man.

Men are luckier than women when it comes to weight loss. For one thing, men tend to store most of their fat in their midsections, and abdominal fat is much easier to lose than fat stored in the thighs or buttocks. For another, men have more muscle mass, which means a higher metabolic rate, and thus more calories burned throughout the day.

So why aren't all men thin? Because of the fat they eat, say Drs. Ron and Nancy Goor. And the lack of exercise. And the fact they don't eat enough fiber-rich carbohydrates.

In fact, the Goors are the polar opposites of those who tell people they've gained weight because of the way their bodies react to sugar and other carbohydrates. They say it's actually very difficult for your body to convert carbohydrates into fat, but that the fat you eat is easily turned into the fat you wear. (The Goors include a section debunking all the claims of the high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet gurus.)

Thus, the cornerstone of their program is a "fat budget." You figure out your ideal weight and calculate how many fat calories you can afford to eat at that weight. Then you add in daily aerobic exercise--they recommend 30-minute walks--and make sure you never skip a meal. In fact, the meals they recommend are huge--cereal, fruit, yogurt, toast, and orange juice for breakfast; two turkey sandwiches for lunch; soup, chicken, rice, and vegetables for dinner. All that, plus snacks.

Food tables make up about half the book, telling you how many fat calories are in fast foods, restaurant meals, meats, fish, and just about anything else a person would eat.

Blessedly, the Choose to Lose program is scientifically sound--virtually all weight-loss research points to the diet-and-exercise combo as the key to successfully dropping pounds and keeping them dropped--but ultimately puts a premium on discipline. Starvation isn't required, but keeping your fat intake down around 20 percent of total calories in a fat-saturated world is a heck of a trick to maintain for life. --Lou Schuler