The DASH Diet for Weight Loss Lose Weight and Keep It Off--the Healthy Way--with America's Most Respected Diet

by Moore, Thomas J.; Murphy, Megan C.; Jenkins, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781451669367
• ISBN10: 1451669364
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-01
• Publisher: Atria Books

Summary

The #1 diet plan in America for eating healthfully is now a weight-loss plan, too.Named the “Best Overall Diet” by U.S News & World Report, the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet is a proven program for weight loss. But that’s not all: it also lowers blood pressure and cholesterol; improves mental function; and helps prevent hypertension, heart attacks, heart failure, and colon cancer. And it does all this with a wide selection of your favorite foods. Based on new data from Dr. Thomas Moore’s continuing research on DASH, this exciting new weight-loss plan shows how to calculate calorie targets, meet the calorie target in each food category, and learn what counts as a serving; how to add exercise to the DASH diet and use a pedometer; how to keep a food log, plan a menu, and how to adapt favorite recipes for the DASH diet. And you’ll learn how to maintain weight loss over time. With inspiring before-and-after stories by others who have experienced success with DASH, you’ll also find extensive meal plansfor omnivores and vegetariansat the calorie level that is just right for you, concentrating on how to lose weight without sacrificing great tasting foods. Why not reach your goal to lose weight and keep it off by following America’s healthiest diet? The DASH Diet for Weight Loss can show you how.

Author Biography

Dr. Thomas J. Moore is the founder of the DASH for Health program and Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Associate Provost for the Boston University Medical Campus. His research team at Harvard Medical School worked with other teams at Johns Hopkins, Duke, Pennington Research Institute, and the University of Oregon to design the DASH diet and prove its benefits. 
Megan C. Murphy, MPH, earned her Master’s degree in Public Health at Boston University, where she focused her studies on how people make health and lifestyle choices. She has served as the Program Manager of the DASH for Health program since its inception in 2002, helping people make healthy choices every day.