Why we get fat and what to do about it
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307595515 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 030759551X (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 257 p.) : ill. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The original sin -- Biology, not Physics -- Why were they fat? -- The elusive benefits of undereating -- The elusive benefits of exercise -- The significance of twenty calories a day -- Why me? Why there? Why then? -- Thermodynamics for dummies, part 1 -- Thermodynamics for dummies, part 2 -- Head cases -- Adiposity 101 -- The laws of adiposity -- A historical digression on "lipophilia" -- A primer on the regulation of fat -- Why I get fat and you don't (or vice versa) -- What we can do -- Injustice collecting -- Why diets succeed and fail -- A historical digression on the fattening carbohydrate -- Meat or plants? -- The nature of a healthy diet -- Following through. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Low-carbohydrate diet Weight loss Obesity -- Etiology |
Genre: | Electronic books. |