| Introduction | | 1 | (18) |
| Books, Research, and Popular Diets |
| | 19 | (14) |
| Weight Loss and Health: What is the Relationship? |
| | 33 | (10) |
| Genes and Free Will: The Psychophysics of Weight |
| | 43 | (14) |
| The Fat Personality Disorder: Fact or Fiction? |
| | 57 | (14) |
| Society`s Views of Fat People: Prejudices and Discrimination |
| | 71 | (24) |
| What Weight is Beautiful? (It Depends Who You Ask) |
| | 95 | (22) |
| Origins of Appetite: Physiological, Cultural, and Cognitive |
| | 117 | (18) |
| Philosophical Changes for Weight Control |
| | 135 | (28) |
| Practical Tips for Weight Loss |
| | 163 | (10) |
| | 173 | (14) |
| Eating Disorders: Physiological, Cultural, and Cognitive Aspects |
| | 187 | (34) |
| Philosophical Changes in Living |
| | 221 | (10) |
| To Lose or Not to Lose: Making Rational Decisions |
| | 231 | (12) |
| Cognitive Methods of Overcoming Emotional Problems |
| | 243 | (30) |
| Emotive Ways of Dealing With Your Eating and Other Problems |
| | 273 | (12) |
| Behavioral Ways of Dealing With Your Eating and Other Problems |
| | 285 | (12) |
| Some Tentative Conclusions |
| | 297 | (10) |
| References | | 307 | (32) |
| Index | | 339 | |