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A Thinking Person's Step by Step Guide to Weight Loss & Exercise Program

by Farrokh Alemi Ph. D. and Duncan Neuhauser PH.D.

142 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); Includes charts, graphs and worksheets; catalogue #04-1390; ISBN 1-4120-3562-7; US$16.00, C$18.40, EUR13.14, £9.20

No matter what diet or exercise program you choose, this book helps you to keep at it, be more disciplined and have stronger willpower. It helps you break through cycles of dieting and later weight gain.

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About the Book

This book presents a groundbreaking approach to keeping up with weight loss and exercise plans. The method described - and shown to work based on empirical results - is radically different from traditional methods that single-mindedly emphasize personal motivation. Instead of promoting the establishment of overly ambitious goals, the selection of diet or workout "buddies," and the pairing of idealized outcomes with guilt trips as an ultimately destructive carrot - stick combination, the book sets out effectively to demolish these common and frequently toxic approaches. In a calmly reasoned, analytical way, the authors identify decisive elements in each person's environment and show how seemingly small changes in our surroundings and habits lead to lasting results.

Among the many innovative angles presented in the book are recordkeeping tools that bring out patterns hidden in our lifestyles and help us distinguish between real improvement and insignificant blips. After walking the reader through the steps of their unique strategy, the authors offer a full case study that brings the facts and figures to life. The book closes with a discussion on the pitfalls of the self-improvement movement when taken to unhealthy extremes and reiterates the sensible approach that defines its entire content.

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About the Authors

Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.
College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444, 703-993-4226, falemi@gmu.edu

Farrokh Alemi is the Acting Assistant Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Science at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. His Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is in industrial engineering (system analysis). His research has focused on quality improvement, technology assessment, program evaluation, and life style management. He applies system concepts to health care issues. He is the author of a book on health care policy and more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Duncan Neuhauser, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4945, 216-368-3725, dvn@cwru.edu

Duncan Neuhauser is the Charles Elton Blanchard, M.D. Professor of Health Management in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical School, Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio. His Ph.D., from the University of Chicago in 1971, is in business administration. He holds secondary appointments in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Organizational Behavior at his university. He was editor of Medical Care from 1983 to 1998. His research interests include clinical decision analysis, medical technology assessment, firms research, and the application of quality improvement methods to patient care. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1983.

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