How to Lower Your Fat Thermostat: the no-diet reprogramming plan for lifelong weight control

By - Remington, Dennis W.; Fisher, A. Garth; Parent, Edward A.

Floor - Floor 2

ISBN 10 - 0912547014

ISBN 13 - 9780912547015

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Weight loss

Shelf No - 7

Call Number - 613.25 REM

Physical Description - xiii, 236 pages: illustrations 22 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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Abstract: A comprehensive weight management program is the result of efforts of a physician, physiologist, and a psychologists to develop treatment principles to lower the setpoint so that the body can allow excess fat to be lost naturally and permanently. Specific coverage includes: 1) increasing resting metabolic rate and "fat-burning" enzymes; 2) overall feeling of well-being; 3) duration and frequency of exercise; 4) decreasing fat consumption and calorie-containing fluids; 5) reducing refined carbohydrates and increasing complex carbohydrates; 6) drinking water; 7) tracking prgress, e.g., scoring system, eating behavior, and progress summary; 8) predicting body fat for women and men; and 9) computing lean body mass and a realistic weight goal. An extensive bibliography is included with books and articles about regulation of body weight, eating, appetite and satiety, and energy balance, metabolic factors, obesity and exercise and diet and psychological factors.

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