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Weight Watchers She Loses, He Loses: The Truth about Men, Women, and Weight Loss

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About 150 million US adults are overweight or obese. Amazingly, half of them are vastly underrepresented, if not ignored, in most of the clinical trials, scientific articles and lay publications concerning excess weight. This largely invisible group is called...men. Although they represent at least half of the overweight and obese population, and are at least as vulnerable as women (if not more so) to the health dangers of excess weight, men are largely absent in obesity and weight control research.

In "She Loses, He Loses: The Truth about Men, Women, and Weight Loss", Karen Miller-Kovach convincingly makes the case that, when it comes to weight and weight control, men are not just women with remote controls and back hair. Despite the dangers to them of excess weight, men perceive and address weight problems differently than do women. Approaches to weight control developed only within female samples are not only unlikely to be successful with men, they may never be tried by men.

Miller-Kovach should be commended for shining a bright, clear light on this mostly invisible half of the overweight and obese population. She combines data from scientific literature, market research and clinical anecdotes in a highly instructive and readable book that is suitable for public and professional readers alike. Women and men are equally in need of help in dealing with this growing health problem, and Miller-Kovach has provided needed guidance in assisting both groups in this challenge.


Patrick M. O'Neil, PhD
Director, Weight Management Center
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29425

The book wasn't as insightful as I'd hoped it would be. It basically tells that men lose weight faster (which I think almost everybody knows) and why they lose it faster. I was hoping it would give tips on how to do it together, how to set up a routine as far as exercising, better eating tips and so on. It really didn't and I was kind of disappointed. But I still love and totally rely on anything Weight Watchers produces because the program works.

This book is a great guide to how men and women communicate, or fail to. If your loved one (presuming they are the opposite sex, or at least think like the opposite sex)needs to lose a few pounds but hasn't followed your excellent advice or hints, this is the book for you. Guys think that they can work out and lose weight like they we're back in their twenties (sorry, fat chance [no pun intended]). Gals think that their guy is uninterested because they don't want to explore 846,373 options before trying to lose weight (hey, cut the extra stuff and get to the meat of the matter), or that their guy doesn't understand what they're going through.

If you're trying to understand the other half, and love them enough to want to understand, or at least communicate on this highly emotionally charged issue, read this book. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, and weight loss as a team is a lot easier no matter what planet you're from.

I am nearly finished reading the book and I have really learned a lot. Most of the information is common sense kind of stuff, but it helps when someone helps you to put words to the situation. My husband and I are both working together to lose weight and a lot of the stuff they say in the book totally applies to our situation. I've also found it helpful to use to help my other friends who are struggling with weight loss and their husband are NOT supportive. I've been able to share with them ways they can share with their husbands so their husbands can "relate" to their situation with words they would use.

This book is kind of a Mars/Venus support book for dieting couples. As the title suggests, it helps couples lose weight together. It contains a lot of information about gender differences in attitude and perception about weight, weight loss, and general health issues.

It's an easy read, I think it's worth your time.

This book show how a couples and partners share weight-loss, They encouraged each other and lots of support