596 Eat, Drink and Weigh Less

When it comes to weight loss, there’s no shortage of advice. One fad diet after another grabs the spotlight—maybe even the bestseller spot on the bookstore lists. But most of these diet books are scorned by knowledgeable health professionals.
Now, one of the country’s leading nutrition researchers has teamed with a top cookbook author to develop a diet plan that makes sense for health and for the taste buds.
Guest: Walter Willett, Md, DrPH, is professor of epidemiology and chair of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a recipient of many international awards for his research, and the most cited nutrition scientist worldwide.
He is the author of Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating, and most recently Eat, Drink and Weigh Less; A Flexible and Delicious Way to Shrink Your Waist Without Going Hungry, with Mollie Katzen (listed by the New York Times as one of the bestselling cookbook authors of all times).