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The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution (NEW 2009 EDITION)
This isn't your typical diet and weight loss book, but rather a step-by-step guide to changing your eating habits and lifestyle to make a healthy lifestyle and weight loss last. Easy-to-understand and filled with illustrations, this guidebook simplifies the benefits of healthy eating, fitness and overall balanced living. Used for counseling, classes, lectures. Learn more: see
Table of Contents | Reviews by Dietitians | Customer List | and More Book Details.

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ISBN#978-0-9635969-2-5
paperback; $34.95


Nutrition & Health Reports / Handouts
To see snapshots of reports/handouts, prices, book pages related to handouts, and more, please click "view details" for each. To select handouts for purchase, simply click on the box next to the items and click Add to Cart at the bottom of the page. A pdf download of each handout you've selected will be available immediately upon checkout. Handouts are $15 per page. Sets vary at $5-$15/page.


14-Day Menus Set - $100
(1300, 1600, 2000 calories) (18 pages)

Delicious, quick-fix healthy menus meet 100% DVs and RDAs and US Dietary Guidelines, DASH and American Heart Assn guidelines; shopping list included. Menus at 1300, 1600, 2000 calories.   | view details


Mix and Match Healthy Meals Set - $50
For those on the go! (9 pages)

Pick any 3 quick-fix, healthy Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner ideas for a balanced 1200-1500 calories, 20-30 g fat per 1000 cal. Great for weight loss without diet food. Perfect for easy, flexible meals, with many brown-bagged ideas.   | view details


Healthier Choices Set - $150
No time to compare labels? We find the healthier, lower-fat, higher-fiber options for you, by brand name. See for yourself….which brand of yogurt, which bread, which spread are you choosing? Are you getting the best nutrition for your dollar and calories? Purchase as a set or select individual topics below. (16 pages)

Breakfast Cereals  Names the best cereals, bigger portions for fewer calories | view details
Chocolate and Ice Cream  Eat fudgcicles and other lower-fat/sugar treats | view details
Cheeses  Keep the flavor, lose the fat with these brands | view details
Healthy Snacks  Enjoy these fresh ideas from cheese to crackers and breads | view details
Lower-Calorie Foods by Brand Name  Compares foods for healthier choices! | view details
Calcium in Foods  Up your intake of this fat burner from 100+ foods we list | view details
Fiber in Foods  Get daily fiber you need with fun foods like popcorn/tortillas | view details


Heart Disease-Fats-Diet Set - $150
Learn the Latest: How to Reduce Your Cholesterol and Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke.
Purchase as a set or select individual topics below. (10 pages)


Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol  Look to Life Habits and take charge of your life! | view details
Get the Skinny of Blood Fats  Know your numbers and what they mean | view details
Hidden Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, Fats in Foods  We've found them for you! | view details
15 Painless Ways to Eat Less Fat  Easy fat-cutting tips for quick results | view details
New Heart-Smart Foods that Lower Cholesterol  In this case, more is better | view details
Where’s the Fat?  How much do you eat? Need? You'll be surprised with this list! | view details
Be Fat Savvy with this Fat Gram Counter  Compares fat/calories in popular foods | view details


Eating Out Set - $150
Tips on eating out, anywhere, anytime without tipping the scales! Purchase as a set or select individual topics below. (13 pages)

Smart Restaurant Meals  Compare typical menu choices by fat and calories | view details
Fast Foods - Best Picks  Best 300 and 500 calorie meals at popular chains | view details
Salad Bar Savvy  Spy health food imposters and choose the best options | view details
Menu Ordering Tips  Help for choosing the healthiest entrees and even desserts! | view details
Brush Up Your Eating Out Skills  Stay trim with these calorie-saving ideas | view details


Exercise Set - $150
Do you have an exercise plan that’s balanced, for lifelong, lasting results? Purchase as a set or select individual topics below. (17 pages)

Your Exercise Plan - Is it Balanced?  Exercise plans to fit your goals | view details
Rev It Up  Understand interplay of fat, muscle and metabolism to burn fat | view details
Exercise Benefits  Find different benefits in these different exercises | view details
Motivating Yourself to Get Moving  Tips on finding ways to keep active | view details
Breaking through Exercise Barriers  Strategies to bust exercise obstacles | view details
Forty Ways to Fit in Fitness  Daily ways to find your best fitness | view details
Strengthen Bones and Muscle  Stretches to add agility and strength | view details
Exercise Calories Chart  Discover what activities burn the most calories | view details


Assessments, Forms, Logs, Checklists, Guidelines Set - $150
Purchase as a set or select individual topics below. FREE "Meal Planning Weekly Form" download comes with Set. (16 pages)

Nutrition for Health and Weight Checklist  Self-Assessment & Guidelines tool | view details
Food, Weight, Health Questionnaire  Know thyself — use for first nutrition consult | view details
Habits Checklist and Top 10 Habits for Weight Loss  Self-assessment tool and habit tips | view details
Helpful Strategies Checklist  Daily tracker helps you test new habits to lose easily | view details
My Game Plan (and Contract)  Set your goals and key strategies with this template | view details
Food Log  Simple one day page/form; loggers lose more weight | view details
Exercise Log  Simple one page calendar to mark daily activity | view details
Weekly Weight Loss Graph  Handy, motivational tool charts your progress | view details
Monthly Progress Assessment  You name key tips on what's working for you | view details


More Individual Handouts

Eating for Health and Weight Checklist  Self-assessment checklist and Key Guidelines | view details
10 Golden Rules: Health and Weight Loss  Small steps, big results! | view details
Look At Your Plate Weight Loss graphics  Visual guide to balance and weight loss | view details
Protein-Carb-Fat Balance and graphics  The right mix for longer-lasting energy | view details
Portions  Downsize portions to downsize yourself | view details
Food Cues  Do you eat on cue? Here are cures for cues! | view details
Pace  How to slow down eating to speed up weight loss | view details
Planning and Ground Rules  Try these great winning strategies | view details
Overcoming the Urge to Splurge  20 ways to put you back in control | view details
How to Feel Satisfied  Little tricks to help you feel full when cutting calories | view details
Weekends and Travel  Tips to prevent Monday "dieting"! | view details
Handling Holidays  Enjoy these occasions without gaining weight | view details
Success Tips  From successful weight losers | view details
Changing Habits; Overcoming Barriers  "How to change" strategies | view details
New Strategies: B’fast, Dairy, Wholegrains  These strategies fight fat! | view details
20 Ways to Eat More Veggies  Fresh ideas to fit these into your day | view details
12 Ways to Eat More Fruit  Great for a sweet tooth and for health | view details
Great Tasting Veggie Ideas  Delicious recipes you'll love | view details
Nutrient-Rich Meal Ideas  Fun family favorites bursting with flavor and nutrients | view details
Recipe Makeovers-Lasagna, Choc. cake  Turn these high calorie traps into healthful treats | view details
Cooking Tips  How to lighten up your own favorite recipes | view details
Simplified Calorie Counter of Basic Foods  A quick grip on your daily calorie intake | view details
Quick Fat and Calorie Counter  List of fat and calorie comparisons of popular foods | view details
Food Substitutions to Cut Fat and Calories  Save 1000 calories/day, with a few tweaks! | view details
Food Exchange Quick One Page List  Great reference of food exchanges and portions | view details

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Handouts also correspond with pages inside the book The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution. You may also print out this web page, indicate your choices, and fax to Georgia at 214.363.0539. Call her if questions at 214.587.4241.

 

Reader Praises for The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution

Whether you want to know more about how to successfully take off excess weight or live a healthy, balanced life, this book can make the difference.
 Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.,
Founder, President and CEO,

The Cooper Aerobics Center, Dallas, Texas, from the Foreword

Georgia Kostas is a highly respected nutrition professional. Her common sense, motivational approach combines state-of-the-art science with admirable practicality. If more people followed the guidelines so persuasively outlined in this book, we would be fitter and less fat.
James M. Rippe, M.D. Director and Founder Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Shrewbury, Massachusettes and Rippe Health Assessment at Celebration Health, Celebration, FL and Professor, Tufts University

I just received this book and haven't been able to put it down. The information is clear and concise and practical. I love this book and feel that everything I have learned about weight loss and thought on my own have now been confirmed. This book is not gimmicky. It is realistic. This book helps us put into practice what most of us already know.
K. Nics

A book for those demanding a healthy heart and a healthy lifestyle!
G. Whittington, American Heart Association

Busy people love this book! It gets you moving immediately in the right direction.
E. Smith, Health Educator

Simplify your life! This fun and dynamic tool makes adopting a healthier lifestyle easier than you think. Packed with practical tips, this book takes the mystery out of healthy eating and weight management. I recommend it to consumers and health professionals. It's a win-win for all!
A. Pappas, M.B.A., R.D.

This book is like the Bible; you can open it up anywhere and it speaks to you. Our clients have found this book to be a valuable resource… during our Skills for Lowfat Living Program. The simple, step-by-step approach helps them meet their goals by providing useful suggestions for permanent behavior change.
K. Oppenheim, M.S., C.D.E.
Wellness Coordinator,
Columbia LifeCare Center, El Paso, TX

Most complete, sensible approach I've seen.
L. Reed, M.P.H., R.D.

I've lost a lot of weight using this book and have managed to keep it off. I would recommend this approach to anyone who is tired of getting rid of the same 10 pounds each year.
E. Ground, patient

This comprehensive, sensible weight management program is easy to follow and very effective in helping my clients and students reach their wellness goals.
O. De Fore, R.N., A.F.P., Personal Trainer

This is the book everyone has been looking for!
P. Peters

It answers all my questions!
M. Clark

I love this book! I couldn’t put it down!
C. Edwards

This should be on every Registered Dietitian's bookshelf!! I would highly recommend this book to the public that requires sound information on weight loss. This book is good reading and practical in it's approach. The book deals with strategies for success and how to handle obstacles which is not always well covered in other weight management books.
T. Brooks, Registered Dietitian


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