At last! An Australian fat-loss program that is not a La-la land fairytale! Why choose this book? The author, a once pudgy, young Australian had tried all the diets that most of us have tried and failed (ironically, these diets usually originate in America, where the fat just keep on getting fatter!) Donna is now a bodyshaping champion. Wouldn't you like to look like Cinderella and feel as fit as the big, bad wolf? When you are tired of failing the latest quick-fix weight-loss and fitness fads from 'The Stand on Your Head Diet' (nothing goes down), to 'The Unlimited Shredded-Cardboard Menu Plan' (maximum fibre and you can recycle at the same time); when you really want to get serious, read this book!

Living with diabetes, losing weight, and lowering blood pressure or cholesterol is not easy. It takes time, knowledge, and the desire to change the way you think about your body and food. In Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction?, author Michelle D'Angel provides a firsthand account of how consuming a well-balanced diet can help combat many health issues. Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction? provides you with the tools that will empower you to take control of your body and your health condition. You will learn how specific foods affect your body and how to determine which proportions of carbohydrates, fat, and protein make sense for you. This information will help you design your own meal plan and create your own goals and strategies to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle. Based on the real-life experiences of a Type 2 diabetic, this guide demonstrates how one ordinary person was able to take control of his body and diabetes by knowing and understanding his condition, his body, and its functions. With tasty recipes, nutrition guides, comprehensive exercises, and sample menus included, Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction? helps keep your body healthy and your mind happy.

Feeling proud you chose your favourite salad over a regular meal? Still cutting out carbs and overdosing on proteins to cut that flab? But what if that’s doing more harm than good? What if that’s not really helping you sustain that ideal flat stomach you desire? What if everything you have been told about fitness is a convincingly marketed lie? What if it’s NOT fit but fiction?!

In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological and moral assumptions.

Looking to go to diet rehab? Need to understand what makes you ‘tick’? Want to know why fad dieting simply fuels the obesity epidemic? Look no further, the answers are here! Donna Aston, champion body sculptor and trainer to the stars, reveals the three keys to changing your body composition FOREVER. Learn what you need to do to lose weight and tone up NOW. A practical guide to self-transformation, The End of Dieting is the instruction manual for body maintenance that we didn’t get. Donna’s expert advice is presented in a commonsense way that demystifies metabolism and nutrition. The book includes easy-to-follow steps, explanatory case studies, and a flexible menu planner to give you all the help you’ll need. Finally, the advice we’ve all been waiting for. With endorsements from celebrities such as Jane Kennedy and Dave Hughes, The End of Dieting offers a blueprint for change - from dropping a dress size to a more radical transformation. Turn the first page towards a healthier, happier self.

The obesity epidemic that is said to plague nations around the world, including Canada, is not solely a medical condition to be managed. In Canada, the discourse on obesity emerged during a time of social upheaval in the postwar period. Contours of the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. She reveals how the articulation of obesity contributed to the Canadian colonial project in the North; where Indigenous peoples were viewed as modern Canadians due to their obesity, thereby negating any special claims to northern lands. Contours of the Nation successfully demonstrates how histories can trace the actual materialization of bodies through relations of power, particularly those pertaining to race, gender, and nation.

This book will explain to you why muscles are essential to good health and how to maximize your skeletal muscle health through exercise, diet, and appropriate nutritional supplements. The goal is to help you focus much more on your body composition and functional abilities rather than just your body weight. Unfortunately, people, including many health professionals often regard age-related muscle loss as a problem of the elderly. It's not. This book is to help anyone over the age of forty years understand the fundamental importance of their skeletal muscle to their overall wellbeing and successful aging. I often call the forties the forgotten years, where people fully occupied with multiple commitments can often lose sight of their health. Rest assured, the principles in this book apply to people of any age! By applying the recommendations in this book, you will be stronger, healthier, and wiser.