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Why Calories Count : From Science to Politics /

Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nestle, Marion (Autor), Nesheim, Malden C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:California studies in food and culture ; 33.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Part One. Understanding calories: It all starts with the science: 1: What is a calorie?; 2: The History: from ancient Greece to modern calorie science; 3: Foods: how scientists count the calories; 4: Bodies: how scientists measure the use of calories -- Part Two. Why you need calories: survival, warmth, and work: 5: Metabolism: how the body turns food into Energy; 6: The first use of calories: basic life functions; 7. The second use: heat losses while metabolizing food; 8. The third use: physical activity -- Part 3. Calorie intake and Its regulation: 9. How many calories do you need?; 10. Calorie confusion: The struggle to estimate intake; 11. Secret calories: alcohol; 12. Calorie regulation: The body's complex weight management system -- Part 4. Too few calories: 13. Starvation and Its effects on the body; 14. Individuals, communities, Nations: calories and global hunger; 15. Could restricting calories prolong human life? -- Part 5. Too many calories: 16. An introduction to obesity; 17. Calories and weight gain: Another complex relationship; 18. Do excess calories make some people gain weight faster than others?; 19. Are all calories created equal?; 20. Do some kinds of diets work better than others? -- Part 6. The politics of calories: A closer look: 21. Today's "eat more" environment: The role of the food industry; 22. More calorie confusion: portion distortion, health halos, and wishful thinking; 23. Calorie labeling: science and politics; 24. Alcohol labels: industry vs. consumers; 25. Will calorie labels help fight obesity? -- Conclusion: how to cope with the calorie environment -- Appendix One. Selected events in the history of calories, 1614-1919 -- Appendix Two. The respiratory quotient (RQ) -- Appendix Three. frequently asked questions. 
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