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The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you Cover Image Book Book

The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you

Tara, Sylvia (author.).

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  • ISBN: 0393244830
  • ISBN: 9780393244830
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Skinny jeans -- Our changing views of fat -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Summary, etc.: 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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Subject: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition
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  • 29 of 31 copies available at All C/W MARS Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at East Longmeadow Public Library.

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East Longmeadow Public Library 613.2 TAR (Text) 30595001057838 Second Floor Available -
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