Category: Faculty Books

Always Delicious

In Always Delicious, the cookbook聽companion to聽Always Hungry?,聽Dr. David Ludwig teamed up with Chef Dawn Ludwig to create over 175 delicious and easy-to-make dishes. Featuring聽 “luscious high fat ingredients,聽savory proteins, and natural carbohydrates,” these recipes focus on quality ingredients designed to help “conquer cravings, retrain your fat cells, and keep the weight off permanently.” Interested in […] Continue reading

Eat Well & Keep Moving, 3rd Edition

Eat Well & Keep Moving, Third聽Edition聽(Human Kinetics), by Dr. Lilian Cheung, Hank Dart, Sari Kalin, Brett Otis, and Dr. Steven Gortmaker, is a school-based program that equips children with the knowledge, skills, and supportive environment they need to lead more healthful lives by choosing nutritious diets and being physically active. Continue reading

National Geographic Foods for Health

Foods for Health:聽Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet聽(National Geographic)聽by Barton Seaver and Dr. P.K. Newby: Eat for life.聽With every food choice you make鈥攅very meal you prepare, serve, and enjoy鈥攜ou are shaping the future. Choose well, and you build the foundation for strength, longevity, and a healthy brain and […] Continue reading

Maternal Obesity

Around the globe, more than 300 million women are obese鈥攁 grave concern given the harmful toll excess weight takes on pregnant women and their children. Maternal Obesity聽(Cambridge University Press, 2012) compiles the latest research about obesity in women of childbearing age into one comprehensive volume. The book thoroughly examines the adverse health effects of obesity […] Continue reading

The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

The Fertility Diet:聽Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant聽(McGraw-Hill), by聽Jorge Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H.,聽and聽Patrick J. Skerrett聽offers couples a diet and lifestyle plan that can help improve fertility, naturally鈥攁nd is good for overall health, during pregnancy and beyond. Continue reading