All:
Several of you have asked about "a diet book" or "that diet book." A good medical colleague, Dr David Katz at Yale who also is the medical columnist for "O" Magazine (as in Oprah for those of you who don't buy groceries but only hit Mickey D's!) has written a no-nonsense, practical book that has received excellent reviews in both the medical and lay community.
It called "The Way to Eat: A Six-Step Path to Lifelong Weight Control" and can be located at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570719837/qid=1099668955/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-2992591-7426542.
Take a look at some of the comments - I think you may find it helpful.
And no, I don't get any commissions!
Dr. Mike, Chief Health and Medical Officer
About mparkinson
Dr. Mike, EVP and Chief Health and Medical Officer, is responsible for the strategic direction and health care management at Lumenos. Formerly Director of Medical Programs and Resources for the U.S. Air Force, he was responsible for policy and planning for the Medical Service with over 2 million beneficiaries, 70 facilities and a $4 billion budget. A retired colonel, he served as deputy director of Air Force Medical Operations and chief of preventive medicine. He is President-Elect of the American College of Preventive Medicine and a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee reviewing NASA prevention programs, the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. Mike is a recipient of the Air Force Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Preventive Medicine and Distinguished Recent Graduate Award from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He received his A.B. from Cornell University, M.D. from George Washington University, family practice training at the UCLA and his M.P.H., preventive medicine residency and chief residency at the Johns Hopkins University.