According to the World Health Organization: ???The UK is the second most obese nation on the planet [the US is the first]. ???One in five British adults is obese ???Two-thirds of men and half of women are overweight ???31,000 British deaths a year are obesity-related Obesity costs ???500 million to the NHS and ???2 billion to the economy each year.Yet health and fitness clubs are booming, with 6 million members in Britain, while millions more are dieting. The Hungry Gene takes an unflinching look at the spread of obesity, ...
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According to the World Health Organization: ???The UK is the second most obese nation on the planet [the US is the first]. ???One in five British adults is obese ???Two-thirds of men and half of women are overweight ???31,000 British deaths a year are obesity-related Obesity costs ???500 million to the NHS and ???2 billion to the economy each year.Yet health and fitness clubs are booming, with 6 million members in Britain, while millions more are dieting. The Hungry Gene takes an unflinching look at the spread of obesity, the most vexing scientific mysteries of our time.Acclaimed science journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell reveals the existence of a gene that causes obesity and meets the scientists working to isolate it. She looks at how medicine is dealing with the fat crisis with radical surgical techniques and takes aim at the culture behind the crisis - suburban sedentary lifestyle and the fast-food market that preys on the jammed schedules of today's two-income families.Weaving cutting-edge science, history and personal stories, the narrative builds to a powerful conclusion that reveals how we can beat obesity before it flattens us. Gripping and provocative, The Hungry Gene is the unsettling account of how the western world got fat - and what we can do about it.
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Add this copy of The Hungry Gene: the Science of Fat and the Future of to cart. $8.67, good condition, Sold by Ladylisabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chester, , UNITED KINGDOM, published 2002 by Atlantic Monthly Press.
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Good. Size: a5+ white garage; Hardback with dust jacket in good condition but cover being white has a few marks. A provocative, cutting edge exploration of obesity probes recent attempts to uncover the underlying cause of this national epidemic, from scientists breeding superobese rats to the scientific search for the obesity gene and the race to create a pill to cure the fat problem.
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Good. Sticker on cover, warped, bumped cover and page edges, bottom of cover scuffed Next working day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.
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Very Good. 2002. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Like New. Size: 9x6x1; Stated first edition with a full number line. The jacket is included but has some edge wear. There is some light tanning/foxing to the outer edges of the pages due to age.
