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Fat, Fate, and Disease - Why exercise and diet are not enough (Hardcover)
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Fat, Fate, and Disease - Why exercise and diet are not enough (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R547
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'Why are we losing the war against obesity and chronic disease?'
This is the simple question Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson ask,
exploring the dominant myth that the exploding epidemic of obesity,
heart disease, and diabetes can be tackled by focusing on adult
life styles. Addressing the flawed approach of the weight-loss
industry, they explain why a continued focus simply on diet and
exercise will fail. Highlighting the implications of the growing
burden of these problems in the developing world, they show that
the scientific enterprise ignores the reality of the social,
cultural, and biological determinants that make different
populations and people respond differently to living in the modern
nutritionally rich world. Gluckman and Hanson review the
overwhelming scientific evidence that much of the problem emerges
in early life and even before birth, identifying that to address
these issues requires considering development in two dimensions - a
life course approach and addressing the developmental challenges of
countries emerging through the socioeconomic transition. Asking why
the major global bodies and vested interests fail to consider these
dimensions and continue with failed approaches, they conclude by
discussing the complex interactions between health and the food
industry, and suggest that the food industry must be co-opted as an
ally in this battle, providing a clear pathway forward.
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