Obesity: The Biography
Author:   Sander L. Gilman (Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199557974


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 May 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Sander L. Gilman (Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9780199557974


ISBN 10:   0199557977
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 May 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prologue ; 1. From the ancients to Enlightenment dietetics ; 2. Dieting and the moral world ; 3. The physiologists and the psychologists ; 4. Fat in China ; 5. New causes; new solutions ; 6. Globesity - from Africa with love ; Epilogue

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A thought-provoking perspective on one of our most urgent health problems. Jo Marchant, New Scientist The details are enlightening, entertaining, and disturbing in equal measure (as are the wonderful ilustrations). Katherine Peddie, Financial Times Although his approach is comprehensive, even scholarly, Gilman brings a refreshingly light touch to a weighty topic. Katherine Peddie, Financial Times


A thought-provoking perspective on one of our most urgent health problems. * Jo Marchant, New Scientist * The details are enlightening, entertaining, and disturbing in equal measure (as are the wonderful ilustrations). * Katherine Peddie, Financial Times * Although his approach is comprehensive, even scholarly, Gilman brings a refreshingly light touch to a weighty topic. * Katherine Peddie, Financial Times * a very neat and readable 200-page book * NHD Magazine * A very essential read for all dietitians * NHD Magazine *


A thought-provoking perspective on one of our most urgent health problems. Jo Marchant, New Scientist The details are enlightening, entertaining, and disturbing in equal measure (as are the wonderful ilustrations). Katherine Peddie, Financial Times Although his approach is comprehensive, even scholarly, Gilman brings a refreshingly light touch to a weighty topic. Katherine Peddie, Financial Times a very neat and readable 200-page book NHD Magazine A very essential read for all dietitians NHD Magazine


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Sander Gilman is an American scholar at Emory University in Atlanta, USA.

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