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Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health
By
Glenn A. Gaesser and
Steven N. Blair
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gurze Designs & Books
Publication date
August 1, 2002
Pages
270
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Updated
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780936077420
ISBN-10
0936077425
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$17.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Body Kindness | Body of Truth | The Obesity Myth | Body of Truth | Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Fat Shame | Intuitive Eating | Body Respect | Health at Every Size
Body Kindness | Body of Truth | The Obesity Myth | Body of Truth | Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology | Fat Shame | Intuitive Eating | Body Respect | Health at Every Size
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Identifies a difference between dietary fat and body fat, and outlining the author's '20/20 program' for achieving health and metabolic fitness through twenty minutes of daily moderate exercise and a complex-carbohydrate eating plan. Reprint.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: In 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.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Fawcett Books (September 1, 1996)
9780449909416 | details & prices | 312 pages | 6.50 × 10.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Offers a plan for metabolic fitness while debunking height-weight tables, fat consumption, yo-yo dieting, exercise, and the relationship between health and obesity
About: Offers a plan for metabolic fitness while debunking height-weight tables, fat consumption, yo-yo dieting, exercise, and the relationship between health and obesity
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Steven N. Blair |
Updated edition from Gurze Designs & Books (August 1, 2002)
9780936077420 | details & prices | 270 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Offers a plan for metabolic fitness while debunking height-weight tables, fat consumption, yo-yo dieting, exercise, and the relationship between health and obesity.
About: Offers a plan for metabolic fitness while debunking height-weight tables, fat consumption, yo-yo dieting, exercise, and the relationship between health and obesity.
from Ballantine Books (November 1, 1998)
9780345409065 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: Debates the current belief that being heavy is deadly, arguing that there is no connection between clogged arteries and obesity, weights over the suggested height-weight tables are healthier, dieting may be the cause of weight gain, and other issues that prove that weight loss can be safe and productive without dieting.
About: Debates the current belief that being heavy is deadly, arguing that there is no connection between clogged arteries and obesity, weights over the suggested height-weight tables are healthier, dieting may be the cause of weight gain, and other issues that prove that weight loss can be safe and productive without dieting.
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