This book is a unique, life-saving manual for anyone with weight and/or diabetes issues. 'Eat For Keeps' have developed a simple and practical experience which has helped thousand's of people lose weight permanently, and many have improved/avoided type 2 diabetic conditions. This experience has also proved to be effective in workplaces, health practices and community organisations....this versatility quite simply puts this book in a class of its own, and will appeal to people from all walks of life. This is clearly a book with a difference - you will learn vital self-management skills and how to eat and manage yourself out of the danger zone.....and keep out. A dedicated chapter is included for people, who through one or more metabolic issues, can't lose weight. Dr Helen Smith guides you through what these problems might be and provides some simple and practical guidelines on how to tackle these. Another bonus is "The Best Medicine" chapter. Written by exercise physiologist and diabetic researcher Monique Francois, this is a seriously motivating and informative chapter for starting off 'couch potatoes' through to serious exercisers wanting to know more and up their game. Attractively laid out with relevant and clear illustrations, interspersed with inspiring personal stories and testimonials. This is a book you don't read once..... you read over and over.