"RealAge"--Back of jacket.

Includes index.

Work smarter, not harder -- The ideal body: what your body is supposed to look like -- Can't get no satisfaction: the science of appetite -- Eater's digest: How food travels through your body -- Gut check: The dangerous battles of inflammation in your belly -- Taking a fat chance: how fat ruins your health -- Metabolic motors: your body's hormonal fat burners -- How you can burn fat faster -- The chemistry of emotions: the connections between feelings and food -- Shame on who? The psychology of the failed diet -- Make a YOU-turn: how to change what you thought you knew about dieting, and change your life for good -- Physical strategies for waist management -- The waist-management eating plan -- Medical options: This is your fat on drugs: the medical way to jump start to waist management -- Skinny skin skin: when plastic surgery is an option -- What to do if your weight is out of control -- YOU dinners (healthy recipes).