The secret life of fat the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you
Blends historical perspectives with cutting-edge research to examine body fat as a critical endocrine organ that can be better understood and managed when recognized as a necessary component of human health.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Skinny jeans
- Introduction: Our changing views of fat
- I: All about fat. The foundation : fat does more than you think ; Fat can talk ; Your life depends on fat ; When good fat goes bad ; How fat fights to stay on you
- II: It is not only food that makes us fat. Bacteria and viruses : microscopic in size, giant in effect ; I blame my parents : genes in obesity ; I am woman, I have fat ; Fat can listen
- III: So what is the solution?. Fat control I : how you can do it ; Mind over fat ; Fat control II : how I do it ; The future of fat.
