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How fat works

Title: How fat works / Philip A. Wood.
Author: Wood, Philip A. (Philip Allen)
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.

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Description

xii, 249 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243).

Contents

pt. 1. Problems of excess fat and cholesterol -- The burden of obesity -- Testing for silent diseases -- An introduction to the terminology -- Disorders of excess cholesterol and triglycerides -- Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome -- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes -- pt. 2. Dynamics of fat metabolism -- The energy equation -- Making and storing fat -- Burning fat in the cell -- Single-gene disorders of lipid metabolism -- Multifactorial genetic diseases of lipid metabolism -- pt. 3. Knowledge into practice -- Overcoming genetics and aging -- Breaking the insulin cycle -- Exercise to burn fat -- Lipid-lowering drugs -- Practical lessons for making good decisions -- pt. 4. The environment -- Nutrient labeling -- Alternative medicine and fad diets -- Media coverage of health research.

Call Number

JSE 07-770

ISBN

0674019474 (alk. paper)
9780674019478 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005051357

OCLC

60825569

Author

Wood, Philip A. (Philip Allen)

Title

How fat works / Philip A. Wood.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243).

Research Call Number

JSE 07-770

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