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| You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management | 
 enlarge | Creators: Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  697 reviews
Sales Rank: 35884
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0743563638
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9781428136069
ASIN: 0743563638
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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 TEDIOUS! November 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY GOOD 100 PAGE BOOK, INSTEAD IT WAS A TEDIOUS READ AT 300 PAGES. THE FIRST 170 PAGES WERE ABOUT THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION. SOME OF THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING AND RELATIVE BUT COULD HAVE BEEN CONDENSED INTO ABOUT 20 PAGES. I ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WRITING. ADDING SOME LIGHTHEARTED LEVITY TO AN OTHERWISE DRY SUBJECT IS A GOOD THING BUT THEY THREW A STUPID JOKE INTO EVERY PARAGRAPH. IT FELT INSULTING TO ME AFTER AWHILE. I REALLY ENJOY THEIR SHOWS ON OPRAH BUT CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.
Solid Info, Great Delivery October 24, 2008
If there is a diet out there, I've tried it. This is the most comprehensive and yet understandable diet book out there. Everyone is different, and this book takes that into account. It doesn't beat you up, but gives you the tools needed to work with your limitations, such as genetics, hormones, etc. Identifies causes of weight problems that I've never heard before. THE best diet book out there. And I have a huge bookcase full of diet books that didn't work.
The Basics Here Are All You Need To Know October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"You: On A Diet" was on the bestseller list for such a long time it catches one's curiosity. Books on the best-seller list for so long are probably good. If something is on the top-100 for a long, long, time, it's got to be useful if people are willing to spend their income to buy and read it.
After thumbing through "You: on a diet" in a big bookstore, I sat down on a stool and browsed (perused) it a little more, and caved in. I bought it, even though a lot of info on these health topics were stored within my long-term memory banks, as middle age approaches me. One of the many things that makes this book importantly useful, is the way the information is presented, and how you can quickly look something up in the index to find the info you're looking for.
When you go to a bookstore, simply look at the Diet/Health section. The shelves are bulging with every conceivable "diet" you can think of. Because of the declining health of so many in the US and age demographics, the health & diet genre is a large and profitable industry. And, the industry is primarily a crass attempt to make money. There's a lot of redundancy, fads, and garbage. "Live healthy, lose weight, get fit, live longer, look the way you want, reverse aging, make your skin bright, feel young again," etc.
As usual, the Pareto Principle applies: it seems about 20% of the books are worthy and about 80% below average, or poor. You can tell within minutes of browsing these books. With so many dry and mundane "health-diet," books out there, "You on a diet" is one of the best because 1. the information is succinct and sound, and 2. more importantly is *how* this info is presented. Readers don't need to know the specific details of anatomy and physiology to know how to reduce blood pressure or cholesterol. Just the basics will do.
Waist width (large waists), or the "waist-to-hip ratio" is linked to many diseases and poor health conditions.
If I'm going to read about the bad of LDL (low-density lipo-protein) and the good of HDL of (high-density lipo-protein) give me a good analogy: the "bucket man" is brief and to the point. Cool drawing, too.
The 3 times a week twenty minutes of stretching and floor exercises, seems designated for seniors, honestly, and that's OK.
But in addition the the presentation style, is the basic information itself. The info is based on facts and scientific research. For those that already have this knowledge, "You: on a diet" can be a brush up. The index is easy and quick to use.
 Ugh. Insulting and trite. October 17, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fortunately, I checked this out from the library instead of spending money on it. I couldn't even manage to read it, let alone figure out what they were trying to suggest.
I found the constant insulting analogies extremely off-putting. Really, if you're trying to encourage people to lose weight and let go of the all-or-nothing beliefs that lead many people to give up after the first slip, then you should reconsider slipping an insult into every other sentence.
Absolute junk. Send your copy straight to the recycle bin.
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