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The truth about fat / Anthony Warner.

By: Warner, Anthony (Chef) [author.].
Publisher: London : Oneworld Publications Ltd, ©2019Description: xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786075932 (softcover).Subject(s): Weight gain | Obesity -- Popular works | Obesity | Weight gain | Obesity | Weight Gain | ObesityGenre/Form: Nonfiction. | Popular works. | Print books.
Contents:
The modern epidemic -- Why are we so fat? -- What should we do?
Summary: Author Anthony Warner scrutinizes the explanations of experts in every field, speaks to those who dedicate their lives to helping obese people and to others who live with their own larger bodies every day. As he lays out the best evidence available, he rails against quack theories preying on the desperate and considers whether we are blaming our own bodies for other people's ignorance and cruelty. What remains is the unvarnished truth about one of the great preoccupations of our age.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-357) and index.

The modern epidemic -- Why are we so fat? -- What should we do?

Author Anthony Warner scrutinizes the explanations of experts in every field, speaks to those who dedicate their lives to helping obese people and to others who live with their own larger bodies every day. As he lays out the best evidence available, he rails against quack theories preying on the desperate and considers whether we are blaming our own bodies for other people's ignorance and cruelty. What remains is the unvarnished truth about one of the great preoccupations of our age.

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