Betty Crocker's HEALTHY HEART Cookbook

It’s not the recipes in this book that I am recommending although I did try a couple. 

The recipe for “Spicy Chicken Drumsticks” on page 104 is good (I left the skin on, however), but the “Caramelized Onion and Sweet Potato Skillet” is much too dry.

It was the introduction that I found interesting. 

Particularly, this:

“Studies show that people with ‘apple’ shapes – those who tend to accumulate fat around their waists – have an increased risk of coronary heart disease. . .”

AND:

“To determine whether you’re carrying too much fat around your middle, place a tape measure around your waist just above your hipbones.  A reading of more than 40 inches in a man, or 35 inches in a woman, is considered a health risk. . .”

Eeep!