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Fat : fighting the obesity epidemic / Robert Pool.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pool, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Molecular aspects.
- Obesity.
- Physical Description:
- x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- "Fat" weighs in on past and ongoing efforts to fight an accelerating epidemic in this engaging story of the scientific quest to understand and control body weight. Pool chronicles the evolving blame-game for fat, from being a result of undisciplined behavior to subconscious conflicts, physiological disease, and environmental excess. 20 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195118537
- OCLC:
- 43751781
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