Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your HealthIn this authoritative, easy - to - read book, Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist, challenges the conventional wisdom that excess body fat poses a danger to health. He explains that it is the fat in your diet - not your weight - that is harmful, and presents scientific evidence of the benefits of body fat. In addition, Gaesser presents a ''20/20 program'' for achieving optimal health and metabolic fitness through 20 minutes of daily moderate exercise and a complex - carbohydrate eating plan. This edition includes a new introduction and updated research. ''Challenges the common beliefs that 'thin is best' and 'weight loss improves health.' '' - Pat Lyons, author of Great Shape |
Contents
Weight An Unhealthy Obsession | 3 |
How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name | 19 |
Is Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at | 49 |
Thinner May Not Be Healthier | 87 |
Ideal HeightWeight Tables Measuring | 126 |
Good Body Fat Bad Body Fat | 145 |
Weight Loss for the Overweight and Obese | 174 |
THE TWENTYTWENTY PROGRAM FOR METABOLIC | 221 |
Exercise for Metabolic Fitness Shaping | 245 |
Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness | 278 |
REFERENCES | 319 |
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Glenn A Gaesser P E D | 401 |
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Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health Glenn A. Gaesser No preview available - 2002 |
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