The Obesity Epidemic : Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work-and What Does /

In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it's really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Toomath, Robyn (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weight loss.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Obesity > Prevention.
Obesity.
Food industry and trade > Social aspects.
Reducing diets.
Regimes amaigrissants.
Obesite > Aspect social.
Obesite.
Perte de poids.
Obesity
Diet, Reducing
Obesity > therapy
Weight Loss
Obesity > Prevention > Government policy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: We all want to be thin. Why aren't we? Does dieting work? ; Is exercise the answer? ; Can drugs or surgery make us thin? ; Is fatness inherited?
  • Part 2: Why our modern world makes us fat. How new ways of living have led to new ways of eating ; How the economies of food puts more of it on our plates ; How we're sold on junk food ; How the overweight are stigmatized
  • Part 3: What we can do about it. How governments can flick the switch
  • Conclusion: Rise up!
  • Epilogue.

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