Research Catalog

Title

Ever seen a fat fox? : human obesity explored / Mike Gibney.

Author

Gibney, Michael J.

Publication

• Dublin, Ireland : University College Dublin Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

xvi, 190 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Mike Gigney delves into the history of the human relationship with food and investigates the ever growing problem of obesity. Debunking exaggerated views and cutting through the mixed messaging Gibney offers scientific-based solutions to this epidemic. The genetics of obesity, the practice of dieting, and the value of physical activity are all thoroughly assessed. The failures of the players in obesity-including the media, scientists, academic organizations, international agencies, specifically the WHO, and the food industry are brought into sharp focus."--Page [4] of cover.

Subject

• Obesity > History
• Food industry and trade
• Food habits
• Food > Psychological aspects
• Obesity > etiology
• Obesity > psychology
• Feeding Behavior
• Food Industry
• Obesity > Social aspects

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-179) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Ever seen a fat fox? -- 2. Obesity: measurements and metrics -- 3. Human obesity: old and new -- 4. The human food chain: old and new -- 5. The fashion of culpable calories -- 6. Obesity: the nature versus nurture debate -- 7. Regulating food intake: the eyes have it -- 8. Fitness and fatness -- 9. A miscellany of matters -- 10. Obesity: the fears and the phobias -- 11. Obesity: politics, players and ploys -- 12. Weights management: the personal perspective -- 13. Weights management: the national perspective -- 14. The way forward.

ISBN

• 1910820083
• 9781910820087

LCCN

^^2016416516

OCLC

• 945391539
• SCSB-11897549

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library