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Author Tara, Sylvia, author

Title The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you / Sylvia Tara, PhD

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  613.25 .T17s    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  613.2 T176s 2017    DUE 03-19-24 MAINECAT OFF CAM  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index
Contents 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 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
Subject Fat
Fat -- Health aspects
OCLC # 957554674
ISBN # 9780393244830
0393244830