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The Obesity Epidemic

Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

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The Obesity Epidemic

Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

Why modern life makes it almost impossible for people to lose weight and keep it off. In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it’s really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provocative truths about weight gain—and loss—The Obesity Epidemic is an engaging investigation into the complicated factors that lead to obesity. While genes certainly play a part, Toomath argues, more people are fat than ever before because most of us consume significantly more calories than we did 30 years ago. But why? The answer, she asserts, is the commodification of food created by junk food advertising coupled with urbanization, globalization, and trade agreements. And while government, advertisers, gyms, and the weight loss industry keep pushing solutions that science shows do not work—from extreme exercise regimens and fad dieting to prohibitively expensive surgeries, pills, and misguided education campaigns—Toomath outlines what just might make a difference in terms of helping people truly control their weight. Drawing on the latest research and her twenty years of working with overweight patients, Dr. Toomath argues that even strongly determined people who are offered appealing incentives typically cannot lose weight permanently. Instead of demonizing people by treating weight as an issue of personal or even moral responsibility, Dr. Toomath makes it clear that nothing will change until we make it easy, not all but impossible, for people to eat healthily. Raising important questions about obesity, Toomath sidesteps the standard sound bites and puts an end to the myth of personal responsibility for body size by focusing on the environment all around us.

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The Obesity Epidemic

Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

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Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

Drawing on the latest research and twenty years of working with overweight patients, this short and punchy book dispels myths and tells the tough truths about our obesity epidemic. Toomath shows how our modern world is making us fat. And while governments and individuals keep trying things that science shows do not work, she outlines what just might make a difference in ending the obesity epidemic.

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Fat Science

Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work - and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

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Fat Science

Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work - and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

This short and punchy book dispels myths and tells the tough truths about our obesity epidemic. Does dieting work? (No.) Is exercise the answer? (No.) Can we change our genes? (Unfortunately not.) How about pills and surgery? (Sometimes, but we can't operate on everyone.) Why are the rich thinner than the poor? (You'll find out.) This small book draws on the latest research and twenty years of working with overweight patients to offer realism and policy solutions to one of our biggest problems. Toomath shows how our modern world is making us fat. And while governments and individuals keep trying things that science shows do not work - from dieting to education campaigns - she outlines what just might make a difference in ending the obesity epidemic. A thousand books will tell you how to get thin. It looks like they haven't worked. We just keep getting fatter. Fat Science - a small book about one of our biggest problems - can change that.

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Fat Science: Why Diets and Exercise Don’t Work - and What Does

By: Robyn Toomath

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Science tells us that our own efforts - following diets, heading to the gym or taking some new pills - are defeated again and again by our genes. Drawing on the latest research and twenty years of working with overweight patients, this short and punchy book dispels myths and tells the tough truths about our obesity epidemic. Does dieting work? (No.) Is exercise the answer? (No.) Can we change our genes? (Unfortunately not.) How about pills and surgery? (Sometimes, but we can’t operate on everyone.) Why are the rich thinner than the poor? (You’ll find out.) Toomath shows how our modern world is making us fat. And while governments and individuals keep trying things that science shows do not work - from dieting to education campaigns - she outlines what just might make a difference in ending the obesity epidemic. A thousand books will tell you how to get thin. It looks like they haven’t worked. We just keep getting fatter. Fat Science - a small book about one of our biggest problems - can change that.

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Auckland University Press

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1775588734

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The Obesity Epidemic

The Obesity Epidemic

The Obesity Epidemic

The Obesity Epidemic

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Fat Science

Fat Science: Why Diets and Exercise Don’t Work - and What Does

Fat Science: Why Diets and Exercise Don’t Work - and What Does

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