THE LEAN A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss

There’s a wealth of accessible information and prescriptions in Kathy Freston’s latest healthy-eating book. She’s a writer with a talent for supporting her recommendations with chatty data and personal stories. The book’s formula, which suggests that people add only one new eating or lifestyle habit per day, makes getting started less daunting, allows early success, and provides time for people to warm up to the more radical diet suggestions. While Karen White’s pacing is initially too slow and deliberate, her flawless theatrical enunciation finds its rhythm quickly. Her performance never loses its dramatic quality, but she still sounds right at home with this author’s casual writing style. It’s a tribute to White’s talent that she can produce such a polished performance without taking the focus away from the material. T.W. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2012]