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Human Kinetics Releases Much-anticipated Book on Healthy Eating
Active Living Partners is pleased to announce the release of their newest book, Healthy Eating Every Day. The book is available for individual purchase and will also serve as the textbook for the upcoming course of the same name. Developed in cooperation with The Cooper Institute, Healthy Eating Every Day offers a sensible alternative to the countless fad diet books on the market. This evidence-based book and upcoming course address the root causes of unhealthy eating and help people establish lifelong healthy eating habits.
Proper diet is a critical component in the prevention of numerous diseases and health conditions, including obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Although most people are aware of these health benefits, many struggle with changing their eating habits. Healthy Eating Every Day provides a realistic and effective solution by concentrating on this behavior change component.
“Instead of focusing solely on nutrition principles, Healthy Eating Every Day gives people the behavioral skills to apply to the parts of their diets they need to change,” says Ruth Ann Carpenter, a coauthor of Healthy Eating Every Day. “People with different dietary goals can use the same behavioral strategies, just in different ways.”
In addition to learning how to choose the right foods in the right balance for optimal health, people learn to set realistic goals and rewards and cope with triggers for unhealthy eating. Healthy Eating Every Day does not restrict any foods. Instead, readers learn how to achieve the five most important goals of healthy eating: lowering fat; increasing fruits and vegetables; increasing whole grains; increasing dairy and dairy alternatives; and achieving caloric balance. Readers also receive helpful tips for shopping, dining out, and making sense of nutrition information and diet product claims.
Healthy Eating Every Day is available through Human Kinetics directly and at bookstores nationwide. The companion course will be available in May. Many health and fitness professionals who have had success using the Active Living Every Day book and course are excited about the release of Healthy Eating Every Day. “At least twice a month, we get a phone call asking “Is the Healthy Eating Every Day program ready yet? Can we sign up?” says Tracy Slate, an Active Living Every Day facilitator with The Oasis Institute in San Antonio. “We hope to offer it first to the graduates of Active Living Every Day, who will then help us to promote the program.”
To purchase Healthy Eating Every Day, click here, or call 800-747-4457 to place an order. For more information on the upcoming course, visit the Active Living Web site at www.ActiveLiving.info, contact Active Living Partners at 800-747-4457 ext 2522, or send an e-mail to michellem@hkusa.com.
Posted 12/30/04
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