How to find one s way in the maze of dietary advice? Which dietary regimes truly respect the needs and the health of the individual? Where does excess weight come from and at what point does it become a health hazard? Are diets truly necessary? And what does one do when one is too skinny? Which diets are recommended by the most recent nutritional research? How does one choose the right type of physical exercice or compose a healthy and pleasurable meal? This book, written by doctor and nutritional expert J. Fricker, leads men, women, the young and the elderly, on the path to better health and physical fitness.