A Diet for the New Year That's Fad-Free!

Business Wire, Dec 30, 1998

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 30, 1998--Have you made your New Year's resolutions yet? If you're like most people, loosing weight and eating more healthily is usually high on the list, but hard to achieve.

Dieting For Dummies(R) (IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., $19.99, January 1999) by Jane Kirby can help you turn your resolutions into reality by teaching you how to develop a healthy relationship with food and formulate a plan to live a healthier and happier life!

With over 20 years of experience as a Registered Dietician, Jane Kirby has all the "skinny" on developing and maintaining healthy routines that are custom fit to suit anyone. Unlike any other dieting book, Dieting For Dummies is not about the latest fads and gimmicks. There are no empty promises, miracle pills, surgical procedures or confusing instructions to follow.

In Dieting For Dummies, Kirby covers information on:

-- Creating healthful eating and exercise guidelines that are

"realistic" and right for you.

-- Changing old cooking, shopping and eating-out habits without

coming to tears.

-- How to maintain your new "healthy" lifestyle once you've started.

-- What organizations can help such as: Jenny Craig, Weight

Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, etc.

Make this New Year's resolution count! From metabolism to mental roadblocks, this clear and comprehensive book not only reveals what you need to know and do, but also helps you identify and break through the barriers that have kept you from doing it in the past.

Dieting For Dummies(R) Jane Kirby and The American Dietetic Association Pub Date: January 1999 Price: $19.99 ISBN: 0-7645-5126-4

The American Dietetic Association (Chicago) is the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world, with nearly 70,000 members. The ADA advocates a realistic approach to eating and exercise that involves developing healthy habits to last a lifetime.

Jane Kirby, R.D., (Charlotte, Vt.) has been a national nutrition authority for more than 20 years and is the former editor-in-chief of Eating Well Magazine.

IDG Books Worldwide (Nasdaq:IDGB), headquartered in Foster City, Calif., is a leading global knowledge company featuring a diverse portfolio of technology, business and self-help books and computer-based learning tools, including the best-selling ...For Dummies(R), ...Secrets(R) and Teach Yourself(R) series.

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