The Dorm Room Diet Planner
by
Daphne Oz
Order:
USA
Can
Newmarket, 2007 (2007)
Paperback
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
T
his compact companion volume to the successful
Dorm Room Diet
offers tools to manage a healthy lifestyle during college years and also later in life. It begins with an eating style questionnaire in
Get Inspired
, followed by '
a crash course in nutrition
' in
Get Informed
(including game plans to avoid eating disasters in college
Danger Zones
like late-night studying).
N
ext comes
Get Moving
with a good set of exercises (the techniques explained and also illustrated in sketches) targeting different areas of the body. Exercise
Log of Reps
forms are provided to keep track of fitness time. This is followed in
Get the Numbers
by advice on vitamin supplementation, and on figuring out Basal Metabolic Rate, caloric needs and Target Heart Rate range. The remainder of the book is filled with
Get Going
journal pages to track success along with slip-ups (I rather like the sub-heading,
Things I'd like to forget I ate
).
H
ave a daughter, niece or young friend heading to college?
The Dorm Room Diet Planner
makes a great gift to encourage maintaining a healthy lifestyle during this huge transition.
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