The obesity paradox : when thinner means sicker and heavier means healthier /: when thinner means sicker and heavier means healthier. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carl J. Lavie, MD.
• Authors: Lavie, Carl J
• Contents: About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Introduction; PART I; 1 Obesity: What Does That Really Mean?; 2 The Ultimate Scapegoat: The Conventional Wisdom About Obesity as a Modern Scourge; 3 Fat Real Estate: Does Location Matter?; 4 A Big Deal: You Can Be Fat, Fit, and Remarkably Healthy; 5 Getting to the "Fat" of the Matter: The Obesity Paradox; PART II; 6 Fat Fundamentals: Why Do We Need It Anyway?; 7 From Bagels and Broccoli to Body Fat: How Does It Get There (and How Does It Get Burned)?; 8 Cause and Effect: The Real Killer Isn't Obesity; PART III. 9 Walking the Fine Line: When Sweating Breaks Your Heart10 Your Personal Prescription: 10 Principles for Minding the U-Curve; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes.
• Publisher Details: Brunswick, Vic : Scribe Publications
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (299 pages)
• Subjects: 616.398; Obesity -- Health aspects; Overweight persons -- Health and hygiene; Human body -- Composition; Weight loss -- Physiological aspects; Human body -- Composition; Obesity -- Health aspects; Overweight persons -- Health and hygiene; Weight loss -- Physiological aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781925113211; 1925113213
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.