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 -- Making the move : 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 -- The YOU activity plan : physical strategies for waist management -- The YOU diet : the waist-management eating plan -- Appendices : This is your fat on drugs : the medical jump start to waist management -- Skinny skin skin : when plastic surgery is an option -- The extreme team : what to do if your weight is out of control.

Roizen and Oz will invigorate you with equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action to show you how your brain, stomach, hormones, muscles, heart, genetics, and stress levels all interact biologically to determine if your body is the size of a baseball bat or of a baseball stadium. In YOU: On a Diet, Roizen and Oz will redefine what a healthy figure is, then take you through an under-the skin tour of the organs that influence your body's size and its health. You'll even be convinced that the key number to fixate on is not your weight, but your waist size, which best indicates the medical risks of storing too much fat.