The Dorm Room Diet is a program that was created to help to counteract the impact of the dreaded “freshman 15”, in which a freshman is likely to gain about fifteen pounds during that first year of college. This is typically the result of eating high fat and sugary foods (which are often served at college cafeterias), large portions, regularly drinking bear, from maintaining poor sleeping patterns, and from failing to exercise adequately.

That said, Daphne Oz, the author of the Dorm Room Diet’s guidebook decided to create a product that would help to change that pattern in the first year of college, and to help those who have already gained those 15 pounds to be able to work them back off again.

A Diet Program For College Students

This book is geared specifically toward college students and is to be used as a guide to provide them with the information that they need to alter the way that they eat when they are living in dorm rooms so that they will be able to change their eating patterns and avoid consuming only large quantities of high fat foods. This is meant to assist them in being able to keep away from the freshman 15 and to be able to remain healthy throughout the college years.

Daphne Oz is the daughter of the very famous Mehmet Oz (aka Dr. Oz), who first found his fame on the Oprah Winfrey Show and then moved on to his own television and online empire. He is also a famous diet author and now it seems that his daughter has followed in his footsteps. In fact, Dr. Oz has written the forward in the book, expressing his complete support for his daughter and what she has assembled in her Dorm Room Diet book.

That said, it should also be noted that while it once may have been ideal to have your celebrity doctor father write a forward to your book, years later after this book was published, Dr. Oz would be called out for diet scams and his “miracle” weight loss claims for which he had to publicly face a senate committee hearing. Over the years, in spite of maintaining his popularity and TV show, Dr. Oz has built up quite the reputation for making bogus medical claims.

Stay Healthy and Track Diet and Exercise

The Dorm Room Diet is actually made up of two books that are a set.

• “The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works” – This first book explains the program itself and provides the information that college students need to help them to stay healthy while they are living on campus.
• “The Dorm Room Diet Planner” – This second book is a type of workbook in the form of a planner. It gives the user the ability to track his or her food intake and daily exercise, as well as to keep goals and take note of aspirations and overall thoughts.

That said, in 2010, a revised and updated edition of Oz’ original national bestseller (launched in 2006) was released: “The Doom Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works.”

In the updated version, Oz expands on her original program by providing additional helpful information and support, such as:

• Stop emotional eating
• Get the exercise you need, even if its in your dorm room
• Select supplements and vitamins wisely
• Recognize the most common danger zones for unhealthy eating (e.g. late-night studying, parties, eating on the run, sporting events, etc.)

Dorm Room Diet Update

As of March 2020, when this Dorm Room Diet review was updated, the revised version of the book remained quite affordable. It could be purchased for $9.53 on Kindle at Amazon. However, there were no paperback versions available that shipped directly from Amazon, which suggests that the book is out of print.

As for the original Dorm Room Diet book and planner, both can still be purchased from third-party Amazon sellers, but are also likely out of print.

While this diet plan still remains very inexpensive for anyone who would like to try it and it has received generally positive reviews, the information provided in it is over a decade old. It’s safe to say that the popularity of this once national bestseller has dwindled.

Lastly, if you not a freshman in college staying on campus, the Dorm Room Diet isn’t likely to be helpful.