Diet Buddies: A Weight Loss Plan for the Whole Family—That Really WorksEat less, move more. We’ve heard that advice for decades. The reality? 1/3 of children and 2/3 of adults are overweight or obese. Weight loss in the 21st century requires a different approach. Diet Buddies offers parents a realistic plan to reverse overeating for your overweight child and for every member of the family. The Diet Buddies program is an effortless system to lose weight and keep it off using small and (truly) simple changes, without sacrificing many of the convenient foods you enjoy.Diet Buddies is far different than most adult diet plans. There are no special foods or recipes. No exchanging one food for another. No counting, weighing, or shopping for exotic foods or drinks. Most meals won’t change—so nothing will be missed!Dr Lipman’s personal experience as an overweight child offers unique insight into the dynamics of weight loss within families. He explains the psychological obstacles to weight loss and how to overcome them. Diet Buddies shows you how to determine the two or three food or beverage mistakes causing 70% of weight gain and then directs your family to smarter choices. Often just making a single food or beverage change will help an overeating child or adult reach a normal weight.In this book, you’ll learn the power of a few straightforward tools and techniques:- Waist Line Number — the most effective way to determine if your child is overeating or overweight. It takes no more than a tape measure.- The Diet Buddy Table — discover the short list of food and beverages that are most responsible for weight gain.- Exergames — offering the excitement of video gaming, exergames let kids and parents have fun and burn hundreds of extra calories.Diet Buddies offers real help for parents, teens and children who are struggling with their weight, and lets the family work together as a team to get healthy!
