The South Beach Wake-Up Call: Why America is Still Getting Fatter and Sicker plus 7 Simple Strategies for Reversin... (CD-Audio)

There is a proverbial ticking time bomb in our midst. It's the toxic lifestyle that is wreaking havoc onour nation's health and well-being and posing an equal threat to everyone from the very young to thevery old. In today's fast-food-obsessed, couch-potato culture, two-thirds of all adults and one-third of all children are either overweight or obese, rates of diabetes and heart disease are soaring, and the future for many of us looks dismal.The time for a transformation is now, and one of the leading agents of change is renowned cardiologistand creator of the South Beach Diet Dr. Arthur Agatston, who is determined to reverse America's failing health profile. After explaining how we got to this sorry state, Dr. Agatston introduces his Toxic Turnaround. This empowering program provides realistic strategies and tools everyone can use to shop, cook, eat, and exercise better-improving the family table, getting quality sleep, reducing stress, and making our homes and communities healthier. Informed by cutting-edge research and the tenets of a diet that has already changed the way America eats, this book goes to the next level, providing a blueprint for all Americans to make positive and sustainable lifestyle changes that will not only improve their own health but that of generations to follow.

Arthur Agatston, M.D., is a preventive cardiologist, associate professor of medicine, and the author of the bestselling The South Beach Diet and many companion books, including The South Beach Diet Cookbook and The South Beach Diet Supercharged. In 2004, he founded the nonprofit Agatston Research Foundation for the purpose of conducting research on diet, cardiac health, and disease prevention, and he has published more than 100 scientific articles and abstracts in medical journals including the American Journal of Cardiology and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Arthur lives with his wife in Miami Beach, Florida. Stephen Hoye has won thirteen AudioFile Earphones Awards and two prestigious APA Audie Awards, including one for the New York Times bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. A graduate of London's Guildhall and a veteran of London's West End, Stephen has recorded many other notable titles, such as Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong and The Google Story by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed. Coleen Marlo is an accomplished actor who has appeared on stage, in film, and on television, and is a member of the prestigious Actors Studio. She also taught acting for ten years at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, Coleen has been awarded three Listen-Up Awards from Publishers Weekly, including for Third World America by Arianna Huffington and The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum. She has also earned three Audie Award nominations, winning for Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga. Publishers Weekly has named Coleen Audiobook Reader of the Year for 2010.