Forward thinking food experts now believe that there will be a new generation of diet books to hit bookstores, based on international locations and how local produce can benefit your health, as well as the area?s lifestyle.

Take Marbella, for example. It?s renowned for its slender, glamourous people and unlike the UK?s stodgy dishes such as fish and chips, pie and peas and Sunday roasts, the people of this popular Spanish town enjoy eating a typical Mediterranean diet.

This consists of a variety of fresh seafood, fish, vegetables and fruit, all of which are perfect for anyone looking to shift a few pounds.

According to the experts, the publishing industry has been through the diet gurus and is now turning to authors who are focusing their writing on locations rather than how to diet.

Publications such as The South Beach Diet and French Women Don't Get Fat, The Sonoma Diet and Japanese Women Don't Get Fat or Old have already proven to be a huge success so it?s only a matter of time before more authors jump on the location bandwagon.

As with most diet trends, it?s those in the US who have started this locale-based search for a thinner, healthier culture but you can be sure this one will soon hit European shores.