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Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight And Your Health (Paperback)

de Glenn A Gaesser (Author) "Dr. Fitzgerald's assertion is, technically speaking, only 98 percent correct ..." En savoir plus
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If you've ever looked at height-weight tables in your doctor's office or calculated your body-mass index from a formula in a fitness magazine, and realized that you're technically overweight, this book is for you. Not only does it expose the highly flawed methodology used to calculate those ideals, it also argues that you can be fit at any weight. In fact, the author asserts, being heavier is actually better for you in some ways: statistically, you have a better chance of living a longer life if you're both active and on the heavy side. But there's the rub: being heavy in itself is no virtue. Exercise and healthful eating are still the keys to vitality and longevity. It's just that weight control has been unrealistically foisted upon us by the insurance and fashion industries, making us miserably concerned with girth when there's often no need for worry. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.


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It seems that anything society decides is conventional wisdom sooner or later gets debunked. Happily, such is the case with many of our ideas about body fat; hence, this book exposing the ostensible facts about fat. Gaesser presents a wide range of evidence to make his overall point that much of what Americans think is true about fat and its threat to health is not. Bowing to conventional wisdom, not only do people undertake diets and other therapies to achieve unachievable results, some make themselves less healthy by losing too much weight or become obsessed with what is actually "good fat" --the provocative term Gaesser uses for the subcutaneous fat usually found on the hips and thighs, which is "biochemically better suited to taking fat out of the bloodstream" --where fat is most dangerous--than is the other, "bad" fat. Unfortunately, excess good fat is also harder to get rid of, and, alas, the cosmetic offenses of good fat are harder to overcome. For those wishing an informed, even enlightened approach to controlling body fat, this is essential reading. Mike Tribby --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Anyone looking for a review of the science on obesity should read this, Oct. 14 2007
This book is a bit dry to read, but it is very intriguing. It re-hashes, with as much detail as could reasonably be expected in a book, the scientific research that has been done on obesity in the last several decades. It frequently points out disparity between what popular culture would have us believe about fat vs thin, healthy vs unhealthy and what scientific literature is finding. This book points out some possible flaws in what the media feeds us in regards to health and weight, and really makes you think. I would recommend it to anyone who is curious about the science behind what the media tells us about weight. You can always interpret data in several ways, and the interesting thing about this book is that it shows you more than one conclusion that could be drawn from the studies via actually discussing the methodology and study designs used (rather than just spewing facts and figures without discussing where they came from).

I would recommend this book to any inquiring mind - it would help if you have some background in reading scientific journal articles though!
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Great work Glenn..., Juil 16 2004
Par "corcoran94" (Seattle, WA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Just excellent, now you have given the obese an excuse to embrace their lifestyle further endangering the lives of their children and raising insurance premiums for us all to support their increased use of mediacal care. I applaud your self-serving effort to publish such a book, knowing full well that it is this do-nothing, indulge, be lazy, feel good about yourself routine that sparked the obesity problem in the first place.

Another point not even visited was the contrast in the American obesity problem vs that of European/Asian nations. Evidence of obesity there is significantly lower than in America correlating with a marked decrease in healthcare spending. How do you explain that?

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5.0étoiles sur 5 The Truth About Weight Tables, Oct. 30 2002
I learned the truth about both Weight Tables and Diets, as well as the importance of Nutrition and Exercise. In this book, Dr Glaesser explains the historical context of the American Weight Tables and their formation by Met Life Insurance Company. His extensive research has shown that people with higher weights can be fit and sometimes even fitter than the ones that actually fit into the prescribed weight tables. For me this is a startling finding. I am relieved to learn that Glaesser recommends allowing our bodies to equilibrate around our natural set point rather than yo-yo dieting to try to attain a weight that we have been taught is optimal. In depth discussions of good vs bad types of body fat are also informative and further make Big Fat Lies a good and instructive read.
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