The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for...
The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for...
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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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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G 2017/1357
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 :...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2017]
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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.
Biochemist Sylvia Tara explores the surprising science behind our most hated body part. Fat is an obsession, a dirty word, a subject of national handwringingand, according to biochemist Sylvia Tara, the least-understood part of our body. You may not love your fat, but your body certainly does. In fact, your body is actually endowed with many self-d...
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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
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G 2017/1357
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74VKVR80Emgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVR80Emgl
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ISBN
9780393244830
DDC
613.2
MMS ID
991024075214702626
