The secret life of fat : the science behind the body's least understood organ and what it means for you / Sylvia Tara, PhD.

Blends historical perspectives with cutting-edge research to examine body fat as a critical endocrine organ that can be better understood and managed when recognized as a necessary component of human health. Biochemist Sylvia Tara explores the surprising science behind our most hated body part. Fat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tara, Sylvia (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Fat. Fat > Health aspects. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition. HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology. Health > Diet therapy. Endocrinology.
Physical Description:	xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Prologue: Skinny jeans
Introduction: Our changing views of fat
I: All about fat. The foundation : fat does more than you think ; Fat can talk ; Your life depends on fat ; When good fat goes bad ; How fat fights to stay on you
II: It is not only food that makes us fat. Bacteria and viruses : microscopic in size, giant in effect ; I blame my parents : genes in obesity ; I am woman, I have fat ; Fat can listen
III: So what is the solution?. Fat control I : how you can do it ; Mind over fat ; Fat control II : how I do it ; The future of fat.