Review: Great health reference book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
This is the book everyone should read before they start a diet.  It is a very comprehensive look at all of the reasons behind weight gain and the desire for weight loss, and it really goes into the causes of obesity.  There is a well-developed section on eating disorders, as well as sections about emotional eating, the medical ramifications of dieting and obesity, cultural reasons for weight gain, therapies to use in dealing with emotional issues, and how to break bad habits.  The book also addresses exercise and how to have long-term weight loss success.  The author takes the stance that you won't be successful in keeping weight off unless you know why you gained it in the first place and what issues might be keeping you from losing the weight.  I've never really seen a book come from this angle - normally, all I see are the "lose weight fast" types of books.  This book makes a lot of very good points, and I think that if people had to read it prior to attempting to lose weight, they would have a much better outcome.  It is well worth the purchase!