You, on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management - Hardcover

Michael F. Roizen; Mehmet C. Oz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743292545 ISBN 13: 9780743292542

Publisher: Free Press, 2006

Synopsis

AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED DOCTOR TEAM CRACKS THE CODE ON WAIST MANAGEMENT For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting. Now Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz translate this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist, by giving you the best weapon against fat: Knowledge. Through their signature entertaining style, Drs Roizen and Oz teach you about your body -- how and why it stores calories, burns fat, and reacts to the foods you test your body with. Ultimately, they give you the Plan and formulas that will help you lose up to two inches from your waist in two weeks on your way to your ideal size.

About this title

About the Authors

MICHAEL F. ROIZEN, M.D., is a New York Times bestselling author and cofounder and originator of the very popular RealAge.com website. He is professor and chair of the Division of Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Management,  and  chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic.

 

Dr. Oz, host of ?The Dr. Oz Show,? is Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery at Columbia University.  He directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. His research interests include heart replacement surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complementary medicine and health care policy.  He has authored over 400 original publications, book chapters, and medical books and has received several patents. He performs 250 heart operations annually.

 

Dr. Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio and received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University (1982) and obtained a joint MD and MBA (1986) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School.  He was awarded the Captain's Athletic Award for leadership in college and was Class President followed by President of the Student Body during medical school.  He lives in Northern New Jersey with his wife Lisa of 23 years and their four children, Daphne, Arabella, Zoe, and Oliver.

 

Previously, Dr. Oz was a featured health expert on ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? for over five seasons, spanning 55 episodes.  He has also served as chief medical consultant to Discovery Communications, where his ?Transplant!? series won both a Freddie and a Silver Telly award.  In addition to numerous appearances on ?Good Morning America,? he has also appeared on the ?Today? show, ?Larry King Live,? ?The View,? guest-hosted the ?Charlie Rose? show and appeared on all the evening news broadcasts. He also served as medical director of Denzel Washington's ?John Q? and participated in several other feature films.

 

Dr. Oz authored five New York Times Best Sellers including ?You: The Owner's Manual?, ?You: The Smart Patient?, ?YOU: On a Diet?, ?YOU: Staying Young?, ?YOU: Being Beautiful? as well as the award winning ?Healing from the Heart?.  His new book, YOU: Having a Baby, will be published by Free Press on December 1, 2009. He has a regular column in Esquire magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine and his article ?Retool, Reboot, and Rebuild? was awarded the 2009 National Magazine Award for Personal Service. Dr. Oz is also the host of a daily talk show on Sirius XM Radio's ?Oprah Radio? on XM Channel 156 and Sirius Channel 195 (as part of its ?Best of XM? package).

 

In addition to belonging to every major professional society for heart surgeons, Dr. Oz has been honored as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People (08), Esquire magazine's 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum (99-04), and ?The Harvard 100 Most Influential Alumni? in the 02138 magazine, as well as receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (08). He won the prestigious Gross Surgical Research Scholarship, and has received an honorary doctorate from Istanbul University, He was voted "The Best and Brightest" by Esquire Magazine, a ?Doctor of the Year? by Hippocrates magazine and ?Healer of the Millennium? by Healthy Living magazine. Dr. Oz is annually elected as a highest quality physician by the Castle Connolly Guide as well as other major ranking groups.

 

Reviews

Starred Review. Back for another highly entertaining round of Biology 101, the team behind YOU: The Owner's Manual applies its signature wit and wisdom to food metabolism and nutrition. According to Roizen and Oz, waist measurement, not weight, is the most important factor in mortality related to obesity, and understanding the relationship between chemicals and hormones influencing hunger and those signaling satiety is the key to ending yo-yo dieting. Most diets fail, Roizen and Oz conclude, because body chemistry overrules the best plans and intentions. To restore the body's natural ability to balance hunger and satiety and offset the effects of stress on food choices, they list foods and supplements that fight fat, decrease appetite and combat inflammation that causes disease. Roizen and Oz pack in a lot of material—quizzes, "factoids" and "myth busters" along with diet and exercise plans, recipes and a two-week "rebooting" program—in bite-sized portions, giving readers a chance to absorb and apply what they learn. For those considering medical intervention, they discuss current options for drugs and surgery. (Oct.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743292545
• ISBN 13: 9780743292542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384