Tables of Contents for Big Fat Lies

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Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

Acknowledgments

vii

Foreword

Steven N. Blair

Introduction

xvii

Part One The Crusade Against Obesity

Weight: An Unhealthy Obsession

How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name

Part Two Exposing the Myths

Is Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at the Evidence

Thinner May Not Be Healthier

``Ideal'' Height-Weight Tables: Measuring the Immeasurable

105

Good Body Fat, Bad Body Fat

117

Weight Loss for the Overweight and Obese: Panacea or Pound-Foolish?

135

Part Three The Twenty/Twenty Program for Metabolic Fitness

Metabolic Fitness: What It Means, How to Achieve It

165

Exercise for Metabolic Fitness: Shaping Up without Necessarily Changing Shape

179

Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness

199

References

225