DIET FOR DIVAS: What Women Need To Know About Weight-Loss Dieting

Dieting for weight loss and to gain control of body composition is much the same for women as for men. But there are differences. Women tend to be smaller than men, have less muscle mass and therefore burn fewer calories. Their hormone balance causes them to retain more fat and water than do men. And their skeletal structure gives them a leverage disadvantage in a variety of exercises. There are also cultural and psychological barriers that make getting lean, hard and shapely more difficult for women. DIET FOR DIVAS deals with all of these elements that are specific to women and gives them the tools and programs they need in order to create the kind of body they want in an age of too much food and too little exercise, when has created an overweight population and an epidemic of obsesity.