It''s not only food and inactivity that can make you fat in midlife - so can stress.

After the age of forty, the accrued stresses of a lifetime and the inevitable onset of the perimenopause begin to take their physical toll on a woman. This toxic stress builds emergency fat inside the body and leads to bad eating regimes, particularly in the over-forties. In Fight Fat After Forty renowned clinician and scientist Dr Pamela Peeke explains her revolutionary plan for fighting stress-eating and shedding ''toxic weight'' forever. Reveals that stress makes you fat! Offers a revolutionary three-pronged approach of stress-resilient nutrition, stress-resilient physical activity and stress-resilient ''regrouping'' (keeping motivated). Helps you identify your stress profile and eating pattern and offers a healthy eating programme to suit your body. Contains a weekly exercise and stress-reducing programme. Helps you to boost midlife metabolism and lose weight fast.

Discover how to:

• Attack weight with a week-by-week stress-reducing nutrition, exercise and motivation programme
• Identify your stress profile and follow the eating programme that suits your body
• Boost your midlife metabolism and lose weight fast!