Big Fat LiesBig Fat Lies
Identifies a difference between dietary fat and body fat, and outlining the author's "20/20 program" for achieving health and metabolic fitness through twenty minutes of daily moderate exercise and a complex-carbohydrate eating plan. Reprint.
Offers a plan for metabolic fitness while debunking height-weight tables, fat consumption, yo-yo dieting, exercise, and the relationship between health and obesity.
"Obesity kills 300,000 people per year" IS A BIG FAT LIE!
Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist, challenges the conventional wisdom that being "overweight" is dangerous. This is a meticulously-researched, clearly-written book and is crucial reading for anyone who wants to take concrete steps towards improving their health—no matter what their size.
Here are well-document facts that:
- People can be fit and fat.
- Thinner is not necessarily healthier.
- Some body fat protects you from heart disease.
- Dieting can cause weight gain.
"Finally, truth and justice for the fat person. People...cannot all fit some insurance chart. This book should be required reading before going on a diet." —Charles Van Dyke, Chairman of the Board, National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
"A fascinating, witty, informative collage on one of the most bewildering contemporary controversies in the health field." —Rubin Andres, M.D., Clinical Director, National Institute on Aging
Do you believe that your weight should be within the range recommended by one of the various height- weight tables that are always appearing in books and magazines? That being overweight is unhealthy? That weight loss improves health?Have you ever been told by your doctor to lose weight? Are you currently dieting or contemplating going on a diet? Have diets failed you or made you feel like a failure? Do you feel people look down on you because of your weight? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then this book is for you.
Millions of Americans stigmatized as “too fat” need to be reassured that the roads to good health are wide enough for everyone. Here’s proof that people can be overweight and still be fit and healthy. Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist, challenges the conventional wisdom that excess body fat poses a danger to health. This is an authoritative, clearly written book that is crucial reading for anyone who wants to take concrete steps towards improving their health – no matter what their size.
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- Carlsbad, CA : Gürze, [2002], ©2002
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