InDisease-Proof,leading specialist in preventive medicine Dr. David Katz draws upon the latest scientific evidence and decades of clinical experience to explain how we can slash our risk of every major chronic disease-heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, dementia, and obesity-by an astounding 80%. Dr. Katz arms us with skillpower- a proven, user-friendly set of tools that helps us make simple behavioral changes that have a tremendous effect on our health and well-being. Inspiring, groundbreaking, and prescriptive,Disease-Proofproves making lasting lifestyle changes is easier than we think.
David L. Katz is the founding director of Yale University's Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital. He lives in Connecticut. Stacey Colino is an award-winning writer who lives in Maryland.
“David Katz is among my most respected colleagues. When it comes to
using lifestyle as medicine, there simply isn’t a higher authority.
In Disease-Proof, Dr. Katz advances a mission we share: empowering
people to use what we know about the power of lifestyle to promote
health. This is an important book.”—Mehmet Oz, MD
“By offering insight into the hidden and not-so-hidden threats to
our collective waistlines and our health and providing step-by-step
advice to reverse the current obesity epidemic and the chronic
diseases that go with it, Disease-Proof will empower readers to
take control of their current and future health. Anyone who's
interested in protecting themselves and their loved ones from these
problems will want to read this book—sooner not later."—Dean
Ornish, MD, author of The Spectrum
“Powerful….Disease-Proof provides much practical wisdom about
learning and applying the skills of a healthy lifestyle.”—Ed Dodge,
MD, MPH, ThePowerofLifestyle.com
“At a time when 75 percent of our health care spending is for
preventable, chronic diseases, and when we are facing an epidemic
of legal drug dependency, Disease-Proof is a book we
desperately need -- a reminder that, in more ways than we may
realize, our health is in our hands. Dr. Katz's conclusion that we
all have the ability to lead healthier lives is sensible,
well-reasoned, empowering, and based on the latest scientific
evidence and decades of clinical experience.”-- Arianna Huffington,
president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media
Group
“Disease-Proof helps level the playing field between those who may
have vast wealth and resources they can employ in order to attain
better quality food and expert trainers, and those who may not have
the time or money to ‘outsource’ their
health.”—NaturallySavvy.com
“Dr. Katz knows how challenging the pursuit of both health and a
healthy weight can be. He also has a unique ability to convert his
knowledge and insights into practical programs and tools – a talent
richly displayed in Disease-Proof. If you want to build better
health and a better future, this book makes an excellent tool
kit.”—David A. Kessler, MD, former Commissioner, FDA and author of
The End of Overeating
"Comprehensive, accessible, and indispensable, Disease-Proof makes
a compelling case for how we can reclaim our medical destinies and
prevent many of the chronic diseases that are currently afflicting
adults and children alike. It's an urgently needed wake-up call for
millions of Americans who believe their health is largely beyond
their control."—David Satcher, MD, PhD, former Surgeon General and
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
founder of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse
School of Medicine
“Disease-Proof is not only about knowing what to do to stay
healthy; it’s also about developing the skills to apply that
knowledge. Katz and Colino make the skills look easy. I
especially appreciate how they encourage readers to take
responsibility for the health of others as well as themselves and
work toward creating a healthy society for all.”—Marion Nestle,
author of What to Eat and Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and
Public Health at New York University
“Extraordinarily valuable.”—BetterorDeader.com
“The advice in Disease-Proof, if applied, will lead to a healthy,
vibrant life. Everyone needs this information.”—Christiane
Northrup, MD, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The
Wisdom of Menopause
“Disease-Proof uniquely addresses what individuals can do to
promote their own health, and what we can and should do together to
help us all get there from here. Just about everybody stands to
benefit from reading this book.”—Joy Bauer, MS, RD, CDN, founder of
Joy Bauer Nutrition Centers and nutrition expert on the Today Show
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