Big Fat Lies

The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health

By: Glenn A. Gaesser

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Paperback | 22 July 2002 | Edition Number 2

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"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

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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction	p. 3
Weight: An Unhealthy Obsession	p. 17
How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name	p. 31
Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at the Evidence	p. 59
Thinness: Lifesaver or Killer?	p. 79
"Ideal" Height-Weight Tables: Measuring the Unmeasurable	p. 109
Good Body Fat, Bad Body Fat	p. 127
Diet and Die	p. 153
Metabolic Fitness: What It Means, How to Achieve It	p. 183
Exercise for Metabolic Fitness: Shaping Up Without Necessarily Changing Shape	p. 203
Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness	p. 231
References	p. 267
Additional Recommended Reading	p. 289
Organizations, Newsletters, and Magazines That Promote a Non-Dieting, Size-Acceptance Philosophy	p. 291
Index	p. 293
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