••TABLE OF CONTENTS

••PRAISE FOR THE GOLDEN GATE DIET

••SLEEP-WAKE AND HUNGER-SATIETY RHYTHMS

••OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS

••NUTS

••SALT

••ABOUT ADAM BROOK, M.D., PH.D.

••ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

••CHAPTER 1

How to lose weight and what is new about this diet

••CHAPTER 2

The weight problem in America and the popular diets that don't work

••CHAPTER 3

Solids and liquids

••CHAPTER 4

Why lose weight?

••CHAPTER 5

Are you overweight?

••CHAPTER 6

The simple mathematics of calorie reduction

••CHAPTER 7

It is important not only to lose weight, but to eat healthy foods as well

••CHAPTER 8

Special situations: children, pregnancy, diabetes, smoking

••CHAPTER 9

What foods to eat, and what foods not to eat

••CHAPTER 10

Exercise

••CHAPTER 11

How fast to lose weight

••CHAPTER 12

Once you lose weight, keep it off

••CHAPTER 13

A psychology of overeating

••CHAPTER 14

Eating disorders

••CHAPTER 15

Behavioral therapy

••CHAPTER 16

Drug therapy for obesity

••CHAPTER 17

Weight-reduction surgery

••CHAPTER 18

Conclusion: why people succeed on the Golden Gate Diet

••MEAL PLANS

••REFERENCES

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