The Mayo Clinic Diet: Weight-Loss Medications Edition: A Healthy-Eating and Prescription Medicine Program to Help You Lose Excess Pounds

This new edition of The Mayo Clinic Diet combines the practical, no-nonsense approach of the time-tested Mayo Clinic eating plan with brand-new information on the safe and effective use of prescription weight-loss medications. Designed to support people who are using prescription medications to lose weight and who want to make lasting lifestyle changes, The Mayo Clinic Diet: Weight-Loss Medications Edition offers expert advice to help you successfully manage your weight.

By giving you concrete tools -- such as delicious recipes, strategies for incorporating exercise into your routine and tips for meal planning -- this book will help you craft a tailored weight-loss plan that works best for your body.

The Mayo Clinic approach to weight management outlines a two-week quick-start program designed to help you add 5 habits, break 5 habits, and try 5 bonus habits, all of which are proven to help people maintain a healthy weight. Then you'll develop a long-term maintenance plan to help you establish key behaviors that will help you maintain a healthier weight for life.

New to this edition, you'll find a detailed explanation of how prescription weight-loss medications work and who they work best for, how to incorporate them into your weight-loss plan and cope with potential side effects, and how to stop using them without reversing weight loss.

Along with the Mayo Clinic Diet online platform, this invaluable resource will help you help you meet your nutrition and activity goals while setting up key habits around weight management.

When it comes to diets, one size does not fit all. Instead of promising unsustainable results that can harm your body, The Mayo Clinic Diet: Weight-Loss Medications Edition offers a simple and customizable approach to support you while using weight-loss medications -- a healthy eating and exercise plan that you can live with for life!


Author: Donald D. Hensrud,Andres J. Acosta,Tara M. Schmidt
Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press
Published: 05/06/2025
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798887703251

About the Author
Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H., is a specialist in nutrition and weight management at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. He is an associate professor of nutrition and preventive medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the medical director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. For more than 10 years, Dr. Hensrud also served as medical director of the Mayo Clinic Executive Health Program. He writes and lectures widely on lifestyle- and nutrition-related topics and has authored and helped publish several books, including two award-winning cookbooks.

Andres J. Acosta, M.D., Ph.D., is a physician-scientist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., specializing in bariatric surgery, upper endoscopy, nutrition and obesity. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Acosta cares for patients with obesity at Mayo Clinic's weight-loss clinic and nonsurgical weight loss program. His research is focused on gastrointestinal physiology to understand the complexity of food intake regulation and obesity. He leads the Precision Medicine for Obesity Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.

Tara M. Schmidt, M.Ed, RDN, LD, is a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in outpatient counseling for weight management, bariatric surgery and cardiovascular nutrition. She serves as the lead dietitian for the Mayo Clinic Diet.