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Toomath, Robyn, author.
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Obesity -- Prevention.
Obesity -- Prevention -- Government policy.
Obesity -- Social aspects.
Food industry and trade -- Social aspects.
Obesity.
Weight loss.
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The obesity epidemic...
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The obesity epidemic : why diets and exercise don't work, and what does / Robyn Toomath.
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Toomath, Robyn, author.
Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Subjects
Obesity -- Prevention.
Obesity -- Prevention -- Government policy.
Obesity -- Social aspects.
Food industry and trade -- Social aspects.
Obesity.
Weight loss.
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9781421422497 (paperback) :
1421422492 (paperback)
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210 pages ; 23 cm
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Part 1: We all want to be thin. Why aren't we? Does dieting work? ; Is exercise the answer? ; Can drugs or surgery make us thin? ; Is fatness inherited? -- Part 2: Why our modern world makes us fat. How new ways of living have led to new ways of eating ; How the economies of food puts more of it on our plates ; How we're sold on junk food ; How the overweight are stigmatized -- Part 3: What we can do about it. How governments can flick the switch -- Conclusion: Rise up! -- Epilogue.
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In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it's really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provocative truths about weight gain--and loss--The Obesity Epidemic is an engaging investigation into the complicated factors that lead to obesity. While genes certainly play a part, Toomath argues, more people are fat than ever before because most of us consume significantly more calories than we did 30 years ago. But why? The answer, she asserts, is the commodification of food created by junk food advertising coupled with urbanization, globalization, and trade agreements. And while government, advertisers, gyms, and the weight loss industry keep pushing solutions that science shows do not work--from extreme exercise regimens and fad dieting to prohibitively expensive surgeries, pills, and misguided education campaigns--Toomath outlines what just might make a difference in terms of helping people truly control their weight. Drawing on the latest research and her twenty years of working with overweight patients, Dr. Toomath argues that even strongly determined people who are offered appealing incentives typically cannot lose weight permanently. Instead of demonizing people by treating weight as an issue of personal or even moral responsibility, Dr. Toomath makes it clear that nothing will change until we make it easy, not all but impossible, for people to eat healthily. Raising important questions about obesity, Toomath sidesteps the standard sound bites and puts an end to the myth of personal responsibility for body size by focusing on the environment all around us.
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