Topic: Health and Wellness / Fitness, Nutrition, and Healthy Living

 
Encyclopedia of Diet Fads
Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris
978-0-31309-371-5

This eBook may be purchased through the following distributors:

 
Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris
ADD COPY 2009 ABC-CLIO
Customer Service 800-368-6868

Encyclopedia of Diet Fads

Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris

August 2003

Greenwood

Cover
Pages
Volumes
Size
Hardcover
264
1
7x10
 
ISBN
eISBN
978-0-313-32223-5
978-0-313-09371-5
Print in Stock
$65.00

add to cart

America's obsession with weight loss is placed in historical perspective, and diet is shown to be just one component of healthy living.

Americans have long obsessed about their diets. For 200 years, diet fads have come and gone, sometimes reappearing under different names, but always attracting legions of followers. Many who adhere—for a time, at least—to a diet fad's requirements have little knowledge of its safety or efficiency. By the time reliable information comes to light, a fad may already have disappeared. The Encyclopedia of Diet Fads describes many of the health fads and fashions of the past, as well as current trends in weight loss, examining the pros and cons of different plans. The authors help to identity effective means of losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Particular emphasis is placed on weight-loss programs aimed at young people, who are experiencing the highest rates of obesity in history.

This volume introduces a wide variety of weight-loss methods. Entries describe particular diets, support groups and services, or people who have changed the way Americans eat. An extensive appendix on weight-loss resources helps readers chose the most nutritionally sound program for their needs. Above all, this encyclopedia stresses nutritionally sound approaches, rather than a quick fix. As the authors emphasize, weight loss is merely one component of healthy living.
Reviews
Recent publicity over the increase in obesity among American adults and children makes this a timely work....The book offers much broader information about nutrition and health than the title implies....Recommended. Public libraries and collections emphasizing nutrition.—Choice

[T]his useful and entertaining source is recommended for most public, consumer health, and academic library collections.—Library Journal

A useful resource for public and academic libraries.—E-Streams

The volume would be an easy one for most readers to start with, and can, easily satisfy a casual user as much as it can launch a more scholarly researcher. Recommended for public and academic libraries.—Lawrence Looks at Books

[A] detailed and easy-to-use resource for readers of all backgrounds, the Encyclopedia of Diet Fads is especially recommended for academic and community library Health/Medicine reference and resource collections.—The Bookwatch





Other Titles Of Interest
Weight Control Cover ImageVegetarians and Vegans in America Today Cover ImageUnderstanding the Antioxidant Controversy Cover ImageUnderstanding Fitness Cover ImageTeaching Lifetime Sports Cover ImageSolving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth through Preschool Cover ImagePoisons on Our Plates Cover ImagePaul Ramsey's Ethics Cover ImageOrdinary Miracles Cover ImageNutrition Cover ImageNew Developments in Cardiac Assist Devices Cover ImageLaugh Yourself Thin Cover ImageHealth, Nutrition, and Economic Crises Cover ImageHealth Information on the Internet Cover ImageFood and You Cover ImageFood and Nutrition Controversies Today Cover ImageFast Food and Junk Food Cover ImageCreative Fitness Cover ImageAmerican Food Habits in Historical Perspective Cover ImageAging Cover ImageA Guide to Weight Loss Surgery Cover Image
Weight Control Cover Image
Weight Control
A Guide for Counselors and Therapists

Aaron M. Altschul, ed.

1987 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $115.00

 

 

Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today Cover Image
Vegetarians and Vegans in America Today

Karen Iacobbo, Michael Iacobbo

2006 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $39.95

 

 

Understanding the Antioxidant Controversy Cover Image
Understanding the Antioxidant Controversy
Scrutinizing the Fountain of Youth

Paul E. Milbury, Alice C. Richer

2007 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $49.95

 

 

Understanding Fitness Cover Image
Understanding Fitness
How Exercise Fuels Health and Fights Disease

Edited by Julie K. Silver, M.D. and Christopher Morin

2008 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $39.95

 

 

Teaching Lifetime Sports Cover Image
Teaching Lifetime Sports

Lawrence F. Butler

2001 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $102.95

 

 

Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth through Preschool Cover Image
Solving Health and Behavioral Problems from Birth through Preschool
A Parent's Guide

Roy Benaroch, M.D.

2007 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $44.95

 

 

Poisons on Our Plates Cover Image
Poisons on Our Plates
The Real Food Safety Problem in the United States

Michele Morrone

2008 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $44.95

 

 

Paul Ramsey's Ethics Cover Image
Paul Ramsey's Ethics
The Power of 'Agape' in a Postmodern World

Michael C. McKenzie

2000 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $110.95

 

 

Ordinary Miracles Cover Image
Ordinary Miracles
Learning from Breast Cancer Survivors

S. David Nathanson

2007 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $49.95

 

 

Nutrition Cover Image
Nutrition

Sharon Zoumbaris

2009 / Greenwood

 

Hardcover $45.00

 

 

New Developments in Cardiac Assist Devices Cover Image
New Developments in Cardiac Assist Devices

Attar

1985 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $115.00

 

 

Laugh Yourself Thin Cover Image
Laugh Yourself Thin
Making Happiness, Fun, and Pleasure the Keys to Permanent Weight Loss

Melanie W. Rotenberg, MD
With Mitch Rotenberg, PhD

2010 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $34.95

 

 

Health, Nutrition, and Economic Crises Cover Image
Health, Nutrition, and Economic Crises
Approaches to Policy in the Third World

David E. Bell, ed., Michael R. Reich, ed.

1987 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $119.95

 

 

Health Information on the Internet Cover Image
Health Information on the Internet
A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users

Rowena Cullen

2005 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $95.00

 

 

Food and You Cover Image
Food and You
A Guide to Healthy Habits for Teens

Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Sharon K. Zoumbaris

2001 / Greenwood

 

Hardcover $59.95

 

 

Food and Nutrition Controversies Today Cover Image
Food and Nutrition Controversies Today
A Reference Guide

Myrna Chandler Goldstein, Mark A. Goldstein, MD

2009 / Greenwood

 

Hardcover $49.95

 

 

Fast Food and Junk Food Cover Image
Fast Food and Junk Food
An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat

Andrew F. Smith

2011 / Greenwood

 

Hardcover $189.00

 

 

Creative Fitness Cover Image
Creative Fitness
Applying Health Psychology and Exercise Science to Everyday Life

Henry B. Biller

2002 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $105.00

 

 

American Food Habits in Historical Perspective Cover Image
American Food Habits in Historical Perspective

Elaine N. McIntosh

1995 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $86.95

 

 

Aging Cover Image
Aging
Lifestyles, Work, and Money

Elizabeth Vierck, Kris Hodges

2005 / Greenwood

 

Hardcover $67.95

 

 

A Guide to Weight Loss Surgery Cover Image
A Guide to Weight Loss Surgery
Professional and Personal Views

Rhonda Hamilton, M.D., M.P.H

2008 / Praeger

 

Hardcover $44.95