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- catalog abstract "Your doctor won't tell you. The media and fashion gurus certainly won't. And those in the weight-loss industry would be out of business if they told the truth: You can be overweight and still be fit and healthy. In Big Fat Lies, Dr. Glenn A. Gaesser reveals the truth about the relationship between body weight and health, exposing the myth that being fat is a life-threatening condition, using the latest medical research. Among the many amazing facts you will learn when. You read this book are: there is no connection between fat-clogged arteries and obesity; overweight men and women who exercise regularly have a lower risk for premature death than thin men and women who do not exercise; body fat is beneficial, depending on its location, and can protect against heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer; for millions of people, weights above those recommended by the height-weight tables are actually better for health and. Longevity; weight fluctuation or yo-yo dieting may ultimately be fatal because of the damage it does to the vascular system; and dieting may be the reason for your weight gain. Dr. Gaesser gives you a whole new way of thinking about your body that helps you achieve your own natural weight for optimal health and fitness: the Twenty/Twenty Program for Metabolic Fitness. It's so easy, you need just two minutes a day to start it. And once you put the program completely into. Effect, it requires just an average of twenty minutes per day of light to moderate activity and a delicious, satisfying complex-carbohydrate eating plan that aims for an average of 20 percent fat.".
- catalog contributor b10579826.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Weight: An Unhealthy Obsession -- 2. How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name -- 3. Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at the Evidence -- 4. Thinness: Lifesaver or Killer? -- 5. "Ideal" Height-Weight Tables: Measuring the Unmeasurable -- 6. Good Body Fat, Bad Body Fat -- 7. Diet and Die -- 8. Metabolic Fitness: What It Means, How to Achieve It -- 9. Exercise for Metabolic Fitness: Shaping Up Without Necessarily Changing Shape -- 10. Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness -- Organizations, Newsletters, and Magazines That Promote a Non-Dieting, Size-Acceptance Philosophy.".
- catalog description "Effect, it requires just an average of twenty minutes per day of light to moderate activity and a delicious, satisfying complex-carbohydrate eating plan that aims for an average of 20 percent fat.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-290) and index.".
- catalog description "Longevity; weight fluctuation or yo-yo dieting may ultimately be fatal because of the damage it does to the vascular system; and dieting may be the reason for your weight gain. Dr. Gaesser gives you a whole new way of thinking about your body that helps you achieve your own natural weight for optimal health and fitness: the Twenty/Twenty Program for Metabolic Fitness. It's so easy, you need just two minutes a day to start it. And once you put the program completely into.".
- catalog description "You read this book are: there is no connection between fat-clogged arteries and obesity; overweight men and women who exercise regularly have a lower risk for premature death than thin men and women who do not exercise; body fat is beneficial, depending on its location, and can protect against heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer; for millions of people, weights above those recommended by the height-weight tables are actually better for health and.".
- catalog description "Your doctor won't tell you. The media and fashion gurus certainly won't. And those in the weight-loss industry would be out of business if they told the truth: You can be overweight and still be fit and healthy. In Big Fat Lies, Dr. Glenn A. Gaesser reveals the truth about the relationship between body weight and health, exposing the myth that being fat is a life-threatening condition, using the latest medical research. Among the many amazing facts you will learn when.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 312 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0449909417".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Fawcett Columbine,".
- catalog subject "613.2 21".
- catalog subject "Body weight Health aspects.".
- catalog subject "IN PROCESS".
- catalog subject "Obesity Health aspects.".
- catalog subject "Obesity.".
- catalog subject "Physical Fitness.".
- catalog subject "Physical fitness.".
- catalog subject "RM222.2 .G325 1996".
- catalog subject "Weight Loss.".
- catalog subject "Weight loss Health aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Weight: An Unhealthy Obsession -- 2. How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name -- 3. Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at the Evidence -- 4. Thinness: Lifesaver or Killer? -- 5. "Ideal" Height-Weight Tables: Measuring the Unmeasurable -- 6. Good Body Fat, Bad Body Fat -- 7. Diet and Die -- 8. Metabolic Fitness: What It Means, How to Achieve It -- 9. Exercise for Metabolic Fitness: Shaping Up Without Necessarily Changing Shape -- 10. Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness -- Organizations, Newsletters, and Magazines That Promote a Non-Dieting, Size-Acceptance Philosophy.".
- catalog title "Big fat lies : the truth about your weight and your health / Glenn A. Gaesser.".
- catalog type "text".