Author: Michelle D' Angel
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440153167
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Living with diabetes, losing weight, and lowering blood pressure or cholesterol is not easy. It takes time, knowledge, and the desire to change the way you think about your body and food. In Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction?, author Michelle D'Angel provides a firsthand account of how consuming a well-balanced diet can help combat many health issues. Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction? provides you with the tools that will empower you to take control of your body and your health condition. You will learn how specific foods affect your body and how to determine which proportions of carbohydrates, fat, and protein make sense for you. This information will help you design your own meal plan and create your own goals and strategies to help you achieve a healthier lifestyle. Based on the real-life experiences of a Type 2 diabetic, this guide demonstrates how one ordinary person was able to take control of his body and diabetes by knowing and understanding his condition, his body, and its functions. With tasty recipes, nutrition guides, comprehensive exercises, and sample menus included, Life without Diabetes Fact or Fiction? helps keep your body healthy and your mind happy.
Fat Or Fiction
Author: Donna Aston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781876462093
Category : Body constitution
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
At last! An Australian fat-loss program that is not a La-la land fairytale! Why choose this book? The author, a once pudgy, young Australian had tried all the diets that most of us have tried and failed (ironically, these diets usually originate in America, where the fat just keep on getting fatter!) Donna is now a bodyshaping champion. Wouldn't you like to look like Cinderella and feel as fit as the big, bad wolf? When you are tired of failing the latest quick-fix weight-loss and fitness fads from 'The Stand on Your Head Diet' (nothing goes down), to 'The Unlimited Shredded-Cardboard Menu Plan' (maximum fibre and you can recycle at the same time); when you really want to get serious, read this book!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781876462093
Category : Body constitution
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
At last! An Australian fat-loss program that is not a La-la land fairytale! Why choose this book? The author, a once pudgy, young Australian had tried all the diets that most of us have tried and failed (ironically, these diets usually originate in America, where the fat just keep on getting fatter!) Donna is now a bodyshaping champion. Wouldn't you like to look like Cinderella and feel as fit as the big, bad wolf? When you are tired of failing the latest quick-fix weight-loss and fitness fads from 'The Stand on Your Head Diet' (nothing goes down), to 'The Unlimited Shredded-Cardboard Menu Plan' (maximum fibre and you can recycle at the same time); when you really want to get serious, read this book!
Fat! So?
Author: Marilyn Wann
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0898159954
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Fat? Chunky? Less than svelte? So what! In this hilarious and eye-opening book, fat and proud activist/zinester Marilyn Wann takes on Americas' biggest fear—worse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weapons—our fear of fat.Statistics tell us that about a third of Americans are fat, and common sense adds that just about everyone, fat or thin, male or female, has worried about their appearance. FAT!SO? weighs in with a more attractive alternative: feeling good about yourself at any weight—and having the style and attitude to back it up. Internationally recognized as a fat-positive spokesperson, Wann has learned that you can be absolutely happy, healthy, and successful...and fat. With its hilarious and insightful blend of essays, quizzes, facts, and reporting, FAT!SO? proves that you can be out-and-out fabulous at any size.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0898159954
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Fat? Chunky? Less than svelte? So what! In this hilarious and eye-opening book, fat and proud activist/zinester Marilyn Wann takes on Americas' biggest fear—worse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weapons—our fear of fat.Statistics tell us that about a third of Americans are fat, and common sense adds that just about everyone, fat or thin, male or female, has worried about their appearance. FAT!SO? weighs in with a more attractive alternative: feeling good about yourself at any weight—and having the style and attitude to back it up. Internationally recognized as a fat-positive spokesperson, Wann has learned that you can be absolutely happy, healthy, and successful...and fat. With its hilarious and insightful blend of essays, quizzes, facts, and reporting, FAT!SO? proves that you can be out-and-out fabulous at any size.
Calorie Wars
Author: Larry Deutsch
Publisher: Dr. Larry Deutsch
ISBN: 0984716629
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Increasingly disturbed by inaccurate and misleading information peddled by so called "experts" in the billion dollar weight loss industry, Dr. Larry Deutsch, a family physician, and Jeff Schweitzer, a biologist and former White House senior analyst have decided to set the record straight. This groundbreaking book presents the startling truth about weight loss - diets don't work. To achieve significant, long-lasting weight loss we need to break with old, ineffective ideas and embrace a completely new approach to weight loss. As you read the book you will find yourself shocked to learn the truth about how easy losing weight can be.
Publisher: Dr. Larry Deutsch
ISBN: 0984716629
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Increasingly disturbed by inaccurate and misleading information peddled by so called "experts" in the billion dollar weight loss industry, Dr. Larry Deutsch, a family physician, and Jeff Schweitzer, a biologist and former White House senior analyst have decided to set the record straight. This groundbreaking book presents the startling truth about weight loss - diets don't work. To achieve significant, long-lasting weight loss we need to break with old, ineffective ideas and embrace a completely new approach to weight loss. As you read the book you will find yourself shocked to learn the truth about how easy losing weight can be.
Fat Cat
Author: Robin Brande
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 037584449X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Overweight teenager Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominins, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 037584449X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Overweight teenager Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominins, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.
Two Girls, Fat and Thin
Author: Mary Gaitskill
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141993960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The intense, caustically funny first novel from the bestselling author of Bad Behaviour 'Dark, menacing and original' Joanna Briscoe, Guardian Dorothy Never - fat - lives alone in New York, eats and works the night shift as a proofreader. Justine Shade - thin - is a freelance journalist who sleeps with unsuitable men. Both are isolated. Both are damaged by their pasts. When Justine interviews Dorothy about her involvement with an infamous and charismatic philosophical guru, the two women are drawn together with an intense magnetism that throws their lives off balance. Mary Gaitskill's first novel is an intense, darkly funny and caustic portrayal of loneliness and the search for intimacy. 'What makes her scary, and what makes her exciting, is her ability to evoke the hidden life, the life unseen, the life we don't even know we are living' Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141993960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The intense, caustically funny first novel from the bestselling author of Bad Behaviour 'Dark, menacing and original' Joanna Briscoe, Guardian Dorothy Never - fat - lives alone in New York, eats and works the night shift as a proofreader. Justine Shade - thin - is a freelance journalist who sleeps with unsuitable men. Both are isolated. Both are damaged by their pasts. When Justine interviews Dorothy about her involvement with an infamous and charismatic philosophical guru, the two women are drawn together with an intense magnetism that throws their lives off balance. Mary Gaitskill's first novel is an intense, darkly funny and caustic portrayal of loneliness and the search for intimacy. 'What makes her scary, and what makes her exciting, is her ability to evoke the hidden life, the life unseen, the life we don't even know we are living' Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
The Obesity Epidemic
Author: Michael Gard
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415318969
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological and moral assumptions.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415318969
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
In a broad ranging review of current thinking on obesity, the authors criticise much of the existing research for being biased by ideological and moral assumptions.
The End of Dieting
Author: Donna Aston
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742736726
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Looking to go to diet rehab? Need to understand what makes you ‘tick’? Want to know why fad dieting simply fuels the obesity epidemic? Look no further, the answers are here! Donna Aston, champion body sculptor and trainer to the stars, reveals the three keys to changing your body composition FOREVER. Learn what you need to do to lose weight and tone up NOW. A practical guide to self-transformation, The End of Dieting is the instruction manual for body maintenance that we didn’t get. Donna’s expert advice is presented in a commonsense way that demystifies metabolism and nutrition. The book includes easy-to-follow steps, explanatory case studies, and a flexible menu planner to give you all the help you’ll need. Finally, the advice we’ve all been waiting for. With endorsements from celebrities such as Jane Kennedy and Dave Hughes, The End of Dieting offers a blueprint for change - from dropping a dress size to a more radical transformation. Turn the first page towards a healthier, happier self.
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742736726
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Looking to go to diet rehab? Need to understand what makes you ‘tick’? Want to know why fad dieting simply fuels the obesity epidemic? Look no further, the answers are here! Donna Aston, champion body sculptor and trainer to the stars, reveals the three keys to changing your body composition FOREVER. Learn what you need to do to lose weight and tone up NOW. A practical guide to self-transformation, The End of Dieting is the instruction manual for body maintenance that we didn’t get. Donna’s expert advice is presented in a commonsense way that demystifies metabolism and nutrition. The book includes easy-to-follow steps, explanatory case studies, and a flexible menu planner to give you all the help you’ll need. Finally, the advice we’ve all been waiting for. With endorsements from celebrities such as Jane Kennedy and Dave Hughes, The End of Dieting offers a blueprint for change - from dropping a dress size to a more radical transformation. Turn the first page towards a healthier, happier self.
Fat
Author: Deborah Lupton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351029002
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact that in many western countries fat bodies outnumber those that are thin, fat people are still socially marginalized, and treated with derision and even repulsion and disgust. Medical and public health experts continue to insist that an ‘obesity epidemic’ exists and that fatness is a pathological condition which should be prevented and controlled. Fat is a book about why the fat body has become so reviled and reviewed as diseased, the target of such intense discussion and debate about ways to reduce its size down to socially and medically acceptable dimensions. It is about the lived experience of fat embodiment: how does it feel to be fat in a fat phobic-society? Fat activism and obesity politics, and related controversies, are also discussed. Internationally-renowned sociologist Deborah Lupton explores fat as a sociocultural artefact: a bodily substance or body shape that is given meaning by complex and shifting systems of ideas, practices, emotions, material objects and interpersonal relationships. This analysis identifies broader preoccupations and trends in the ways that human bodies and selfhood are experienced and practised. The second and much expanded edition of Fat is twice as long as the original edition. Lupton incorporates the very latest current critical scholarship and research offered in the humanities and social sciences on fat embodiment and fat politics. New updated material is presented in every chapter, including substantial additional sections on new digital media. Fat is a lively, at times provocative introduction for the general reader, as well as for students and academics interested in the politics of embodiment and health.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351029002
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact that in many western countries fat bodies outnumber those that are thin, fat people are still socially marginalized, and treated with derision and even repulsion and disgust. Medical and public health experts continue to insist that an ‘obesity epidemic’ exists and that fatness is a pathological condition which should be prevented and controlled. Fat is a book about why the fat body has become so reviled and reviewed as diseased, the target of such intense discussion and debate about ways to reduce its size down to socially and medically acceptable dimensions. It is about the lived experience of fat embodiment: how does it feel to be fat in a fat phobic-society? Fat activism and obesity politics, and related controversies, are also discussed. Internationally-renowned sociologist Deborah Lupton explores fat as a sociocultural artefact: a bodily substance or body shape that is given meaning by complex and shifting systems of ideas, practices, emotions, material objects and interpersonal relationships. This analysis identifies broader preoccupations and trends in the ways that human bodies and selfhood are experienced and practised. The second and much expanded edition of Fat is twice as long as the original edition. Lupton incorporates the very latest current critical scholarship and research offered in the humanities and social sciences on fat embodiment and fat politics. New updated material is presented in every chapter, including substantial additional sections on new digital media. Fat is a lively, at times provocative introduction for the general reader, as well as for students and academics interested in the politics of embodiment and health.
Changing Meanings of Fat
Author: Elise Paradis
Publisher: Stanford University
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This dissertation falls within a tradition that investigates the making of health-related problems into social problems. Using literature reviews, document analysis, and qualitative and quantitative coding of medical publications from 1950 to 2010, I argue that both our increasingly individualistic culture and our collective faith in science fuel the current fear of obesity and lead to the expansion of the medical discourse on fat. In Part I, I review the main medical research paradigm on obesity, which argues that fat is bad for your health, before turning to the critique of this paradigm, and show how both sides of the debate use science to justify their stance. I then combine both views to identify which educational strategies are most likely to be implemented, and efficient. The importance of stigma in the health and well-being of obese people appears to be critical to this effort. Part II contributes a timeline for distinct but overlapping conceptualizations of bodily fat in the medical literature, and shows the massive and recent increase in medical interest in obesity. From merely an individual trait, fatness has become a medical problem (obesity), a social problem and an epidemic, and has culminated in recent years into a focus on children: the so-called epidemic of childhood obesity. This longitudinal approach to the medical literature at both the aggregate level (in the PubMed database) and in the most cited articles on obesity highlights the historical contingency of our cultural and medical obsession with fat, meanwhile identifying the role schools are expected to play.
Publisher: Stanford University
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This dissertation falls within a tradition that investigates the making of health-related problems into social problems. Using literature reviews, document analysis, and qualitative and quantitative coding of medical publications from 1950 to 2010, I argue that both our increasingly individualistic culture and our collective faith in science fuel the current fear of obesity and lead to the expansion of the medical discourse on fat. In Part I, I review the main medical research paradigm on obesity, which argues that fat is bad for your health, before turning to the critique of this paradigm, and show how both sides of the debate use science to justify their stance. I then combine both views to identify which educational strategies are most likely to be implemented, and efficient. The importance of stigma in the health and well-being of obese people appears to be critical to this effort. Part II contributes a timeline for distinct but overlapping conceptualizations of bodily fat in the medical literature, and shows the massive and recent increase in medical interest in obesity. From merely an individual trait, fatness has become a medical problem (obesity), a social problem and an epidemic, and has culminated in recent years into a focus on children: the so-called epidemic of childhood obesity. This longitudinal approach to the medical literature at both the aggregate level (in the PubMed database) and in the most cited articles on obesity highlights the historical contingency of our cultural and medical obsession with fat, meanwhile identifying the role schools are expected to play.
Contours of the Nation
Author: Deborah McPhail
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442660732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The obesity epidemic that is said to plague nations around the world, including Canada, is not solely a medical condition to be managed. In Canada, the discourse on obesity emerged during a time of social upheaval in the postwar period. Contours of the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. She reveals how the articulation of obesity contributed to the Canadian colonial project in the North; where Indigenous peoples were viewed as modern Canadians due to their obesity, thereby negating any special claims to northern lands. Contours of the Nation successfully demonstrates how histories can trace the actual materialization of bodies through relations of power, particularly those pertaining to race, gender, and nation.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442660732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The obesity epidemic that is said to plague nations around the world, including Canada, is not solely a medical condition to be managed. In Canada, the discourse on obesity emerged during a time of social upheaval in the postwar period. Contours of the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. She reveals how the articulation of obesity contributed to the Canadian colonial project in the North; where Indigenous peoples were viewed as modern Canadians due to their obesity, thereby negating any special claims to northern lands. Contours of the Nation successfully demonstrates how histories can trace the actual materialization of bodies through relations of power, particularly those pertaining to race, gender, and nation.