DietTelevision.com (http://www.DietTelevision.com ), a free new Website, is the place
to go for help avoiding those extra pounds that 51-percent of Americans put on between Thanksgiving and the New Year. Why wait for the New Year to make a healthy weight resolution when DietTelevision.com can help bypass putting on the pounds altogether? Amid thousands of diet, health and wellness websites that advocate a single solution, DietTelevision.com is a unique, objective resource with only one goal: to help each person find a diet that will work for them based on their own personal weight loss goals and food preferences.
"I believe that successful weight loss is as much about people as it is about calories, and DietTelevision.com is powerful because it provides a forum for people to learn from each other and help each other reach weight loss goals," said Dr. Howard Rankin, PhD. "DietTelevision.com marries the right combination of tools and shared experiences from real people who have tried these diets with reviews and information from health and wellness experts."
DietTelevision.com features a DietFinder that puts an individual's eating and food preferences to work to pinpoint diet programs that will work best with their personal lifestyles and tastes. Start by
rating your own personal priorities such as how important "great tasting food," "the ability to easily eat out" and "affordability" are to you. Then rate the food groups on a scale from "I never eat it" to "I need it everyday." The DietFinder automatically generates the top five suggested weight-loss programs based on your individual needs, expert reviews and user's recommendations.
Not ready to pick a specific weight loss plan yet? DietTelevision.com is a great place to get the skinny on popular diets people are buzzing about. Read objective reviews of a wide variety of diets contributed by health and wellness experts, read first-hand reports from people just like
you about what it is like to be on certain diets, or give others a helping hand by rating and reviewing a diet yourself.
DietTelevision.com also will feature seasonal tips, advice and inspiration from leading health, wellness and nutrition experts including:
-- Dr. Steven Lamm, MD, known to millions as the doctor on The View, is a practicing internist and faculty member at New York University School of Medicine where he also completed his clinical training and received his medical degree. A panel physician for the New York State Athletic Commission, an honorary police surgeon and honorary fire officer, Dr. Lamm is a clinical researcher and the author of four books. He specializes in diseases such as obesity, mood disorders and sexual
medicine.
-- Dr. Howard Rankin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with masters and doctoral degrees from the University of London. Dr. Rankin helps clients transform their lives by providing tools that empower them in a quest for change. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice for 30 years and has held academic appointments at the universities of London and Oxford and the University of South Carolina. He has published more than 50 scientific papers on addictions and eating disorders and was the editor of the scientific journal "Addictive Behaviors" for ten years.
-- Toby Amidor, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian with a master's degree in clinical nutrition and dietetics from New York University. She currently is pursuing her doctoral degree in nutrition education from Teachers College, Columbia University. As an instructor at The Art Institute of New York City, Toby teaches aspiring chefs about nutrition and food safety. She also writes extensively, recently publishing The All New Joy of Cooking (under Know Your Ingredients), where she helped
compile the food composition table of over 300 foods.