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Healthy Weight Loss & Nutrition VIDEO Resources

For information on how to rent or view videos call the EDEO office at (780) 944-2864.

Apples and Pears
1 copy VHS, Covert Bailey Videos (21 minutes)

* Discusses where fat occurs in men and women's bodies
* Explains the differences associated with the activity levels of fat cells in men and women's bodies
* Addresses complaints that men and women have about fat
* Discusses differences in how men and women gain and lose weight
* Outlines the changes that occur to our body shape due to repetitive gaining and losing weight
* Discusses the optimal hip/weight ratio for men and women
* Outlines how the hip/waist ratio is a valuable predictor for heath disease

Body Fat in America
1 covert Bailey Videos

* Explains why women have a higher percentage of body fat than men
* Explains why women are more susceptible to fad diets
* Outlines the functions of calories
* Explains what happens to women when they have an extremely low percentage of body fat

Crash Diets Don't Work
1 copy VHS, Covert Bailey Videos (30 minutes)

* Provides a physiological explanation of the breakdown of foods within the body
* Explains what happens in the body when calories get broken down
* Explains what happens when you don't exercise
* Explains the effects and results of high protein/low carbohydrate diets
* Explains what happens when people go off a diet

Eat Less Fat Not Less Food
1 copy VHS, Echo Video (66 minutes)

* Provides an explanation, with the assistance of recipes, on how to eliminate fat when cooking
* Explains how our bodies store dietary fat vs. protein and carbohydrates
* Explains where saturated and unsaturated fats come from and what happens to them in our bodies
* Explains why breakfast is important if we want to lose body fat
* Addresses the importance of iron in women
* Recipes provided at the end of video

Fitness=Health
1 copy VHS, Covert Bailey Videos (30 minutes)

* Provides an explanation of what fitness means
* Outlines the health benefits of physical activity
* Provides a formula to measure fitness

The Target Diet
1 copy VHS, Covert Bailey Videos (30 minutes)

* Provides an explanation about the rules of healthy eating
* Explains how to get the most from the four food groups

12 Years to Get Fat
1 copy VHS, Covert Bailey Videos (21 minutes)

* Outlines how people get fat
* Explains the effects of intra-muscular fat and subcutaneous fat
* Outlines what happens to the body when people diet without exercising
* Explains what happens to the body when you exercise and eat whatever you want
* Explains weight gain during pregnancy
* Describes how men and women gain weight weight differently

Healthy Weight Loss & Nutrition TEXT Resources

For information on how to borrow books call the EDEO office at (780) 944-2864.

Fed Up!

Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, MD (2003). New York: McGraw Hill Companies.
ISBN: 0-07-138331-X

Fit or Fat Target Diet, The

Covert Bailey (1984). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
ISBN: 0-395-51082-1

Fit or Fat Target Recipes, The

Covert Bailey, and Lea Bishop (1985). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
ISBN: 0-395-51084-8

Fit Or Fat Woman, The

Covert Bailey, and Lea Bishop (1989). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
ISBN: 0-395-51010-4

Great Shape: The First Fitness Guide For Large Women

Pat Lyons, and Debby Burgard (2000). Lincoln: iUniverse.com, Inc.
ISBN: 0-595-08883-X

Like mother, Like Daughter: Breaking Free From the Diet Trap

Debra Waterhouse (1997). New York: Hyperion.
ISBN: 0-7868-8271-9

New Fit Or Fat, The

Covert Bailey (1991). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
ISBN: 0-395-58564-3

Smart Eating: Choosing Wisely, Living Lean

Covert Bailey, and Rhonda Gates (1996). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN: 0-395-85492-X

Spirit and Science of Holistic Health, The: More than Broccoli, Jogging, and Bottled Water…More than Yoga, Herbs, and Meditation

Jon Robison and Karen Carrier (2004). B loomington: Authorhouse.
ISBN: 1-4184-1352-6

Staying off the Diet Roller Coaster

Linda Omichinski (2000). Advicezone.
ISBN: 0-9668725-4-1

Tailoring Your Tastes

Linda Omichinski (1995). Sterling Pub Co Inc.
ISBN: 1-895569-34-6

You Count, Calories Don't: The health plan to help you regain control of your eating, weight, and life

Linda Omichichinski with Mary Evans Young (1995). London: Hodder & Stoughton.
ISBN: 0-340-65443-0

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