This book is based on the very best information that is<br >available on weight loss and maintenance， and draws from<br >contemporary nutritional， medical， and behavioral sciences. It<br >presents no new theories or suppositions. It favors no single<br >nutrient over any others; it does not champion protein over<br >carbohydrates or carbohydrates over fat. Nor does it classify<br >foods as "legal" or "illegal."<br > Rather， it presents the one approach that makes the most<br >sense and is based on principles， accepted by contemporary<br >authorities: caloric restriction， behavior modification， physical<br >activity.<br > What is unique is the Food Intake Quotient， a practical<br >technique that combines a food s caloric density and con-<br >sumption characteristics. As far as we have been abre to<br >determine， this is the first such quotient and， indeed， repre-<br >sents a pioneer effort to present a list of foods that will guide<br >the dieter and his or her doctor to foods that facilitate weight<br >loss by approaching the task simt<br >tions: energy content and the spee<br >be ingested.<br > Like any tool， of course， this qt<br >believe it comes closer than any<br >purpose of losing weight and r<br >healthful manner.<br > Much of this book includes ol<br >ducted by the authors at various lo~<br >conceived， including New York C<br >phia; Burlington and Stowe， Ve<br >Chicago; and， Las Vegas， Nevada.<br > Some of the material included h<br >booklet， After the Diet . . . Then<br >Slim. That booklet grew out of a<br >food characteristics in behavioral<br >Wharton Applied Research Center<br >sylvania with the support of Camp<br > The Wharton study was based c<br >than 500 overweight people. Tlc<br >clinical evidence that slowing th<br >caloric intake. And changing bas:<br >the rate of ingestion has been<br >behavioral treatments for obesity.<br >characteristics that determine hov<br >they are eaten has a hand in detei<br >eater will lose or gain weight. The<br >a special application to weight rr<br >only 2 to 7 percent of all person，<br >more than a year when they diet.<br > Principles of that study are i<br >principles of other studies conduct<br >other investigators.<br > One caution: before you start on<br >before you start on any program o<br >physician. You should be sure t<br >problems that might necessi<br >