hacking

Recently, the word ``hacker'' has fallen into disrepute, coming to signify in the popular media the perpetrators of various forms of computer-aided crime. But most of the people who call themselves hackers, who have proudly borne that title since the 1950's, are not criminals--in fact many are among the intellectual and entrepreneurial elite of their generations. The word ``hacker'' and the culture it connotes is too rich to sacrifice on the altar of the evening …

…you're in command. You've become a hacker. This book is about one simple, humble thing: getting control of your weight and health. By circumventing the limitations that made you overweight in the first place and keep you that way, you're hacking the most complicated and subtle system in the world: your own human body. Weight control--what a hack! Once you realise you can hack your weight, who can imagine what you will turn to next?