Rethinking Thin The New Science of Weight Loss - And the Myths and Realities of Dieting

Name: Rethinking Thin The New Science of Weight Loss - And the Myths and Realities of Dieting
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ISBN: 9780312427856

ISBN-10: 0312427859

ISBN-13: 9780312427856

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Authors: Gina Kolata

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ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice nbsp; In this eye-opening report,New York Timesscience writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Kolata's account of four determined dieters in a study comparing the Atkins diet to a low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, andof the place of diets in American society. Brimming with anecdote, scientific data, and common sense,Rethinking Thinoffers a challenge to the conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 4/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Prologue



Looking for Diets in All the Wrong Places



Epiphanies and Hucksters


One Month



Oh, to Be as Thin as Jennifer Aniston (or Brad Pitt)


Two Months



A Voice in the Wilderness


Three Months



A Drive to Eat


Five Months



Insatiable, Voracious Appetites


Six Months



The Girl Who Had No Leptin


Ten Months



The Fat Wars


Two Years


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index