Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Not the worse diet book I have ever read.

The Howard Diet has a number of good points, but relies heavily on information copied from government food tables as a filler for the book. Dr. Howard has a program that might work for some patients, but is too permissive for others, including the weekend when the patient can eat what she pleases. The compulsive eater will probably undo all the good done in the first four and a half days with overeating in the last part of the week. Unlike some diets, his is not dangerous, but will probably not be effective long-term. His charts on body mass index and other information he supplies are accurate and well documented. He has an upbeat writing style and expresses himself well, but this book needs to be re-written and revised to make it one that can compete with other diet book authors. The present edition just doesn't quite have it.