Fat, fate & disease : why exercise and diet are not enough / Peter Gluckman & Mark Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gluckman, Peter D., author.

Hanson, Mark A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Popular works.

Obesity.

Heart--Diseases--Susceptibility--Popular works.

Heart.

Diabetes--Susceptibility--Popular works.

Diabetes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Fat, fate and disease

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are we losing the war against obesity and chronic disease?' This is the simple question Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson ask, exploring the dominant myth that the exploding epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes can be tackled by focusing on adult life styles. Addressing the flawed approach of the weight-loss industry, they explain why a continued focus simply on diet and exercise will fail. Highlighting the implications of the growing burden of these problems in the developing world, they show that the scientific enterprise ignores the reality of the social, cultural, and biologic

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Blinkers and Biases; 2 Fat Chances; 3 The Origins of Obesity; 4 Now We Are Sick; 5 The Thin Line; 6 Genes Aren't Us; 7 The Child is Father to the Man; 8 Trouble Ahead; 9 Taking Sugar; 10 Breaking Fate; 11 From Words to Action; 12 A Call to Action; 13 Seeing and Believing: The Fat Emperor Has No Clothes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-163296-1

1-283-42693-5

9786613426932

0-19-163295-3

OCLC:

771935987