Diet Book

If there were one magic pill for fighting fat and saving lives, the pharmaceutical industry would send everyone from scale makers to diet-book authors into bankruptcy. ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2009)

In one sense the diet-book claims are right: If you are trying to lose weight, you can't eat all the fruit you want. ❋ Leslie Beck (2011)

On its face, a panel featuring a daytime talk-show host, high-end restaurateur and head judge on Bravo's hit Top Chef, diet-book author, uber-rich foodie mom, and New York Times writer wouldn't appear to pose any danger to the restaurants-make-us-fat myth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Salon cartoonist Carol Lay discusses the world's first diet-book graphic memoir and why the best approach to weight loss is the least sensational. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One upping the slightly disingenuous French Women Don't Get Fat, The latest incarnation in the Healthier Than Thou diet-book genre is Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat by Naomi Moriyama. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The whole diet-book industry is somewhat based upon subjectivity—it’s a response to people looking in the mirror. ❋ M.D. James Beckerman (2011)