The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you / Sylvia Tara, PhD.
By: Tara, Sylvia.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©2017Edition: First edition.Description: xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393354973.Subject(s): Fat | Fat -- Health aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QP752.F3 T37 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012508 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
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.