January eBook of the Month Offers Practical Advice for Successful Weight Management and a Healthy Lifestyle

BOULDER, COLO.— NetLibrary, in Partnership with Que Publishing, will feature Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle as the January eBook of the Month. Written by registered dietician Nicole Haywood and endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle ignores fad diets and focuses on helping readers make the lifestyle changes necessary for successful weight management.

While the goal of every diet is weight loss, Haywood argues that most diets are designed to fail because they do not adequately address all the factors related to food choices.

• Diets focus on the scale instead of behavior changes.
• Diets do not often include, encourage, or promote physical activity.
• Diets do not require a lifestyle change.
• Diets have a beginning and an end.
• Diets create a parent/child relationship with food (being "good" or "bad" when you eat certain foods) that frequently leads to rebellious eating.
• Diets do not require you to change the way you think about food.