Authors: Glenn A. Gaesser, Steven N. Blair, Steven N. Blair
ISBN-13: 9780936077420, ISBN-10: 0936077425
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Gurze Books
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: REVISED
In this authoritative, easy-to-read book, Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist, challenges the conventional wisdom that excess body fat poses a danger to health. He explains that it is the fat in your diet — not your weight — that is harmful, and presents scientific evidence of the benefits of body fat. In addition, Gaesser presents a “20/20 program” for achieving optimal health and metabolic fitness through 20 minutes of daily moderate exercise and a complex-carbohydrate eating plan. This edition includes a new introduction and updated research. “Challenges the common beliefs that ‘thin is best’ and ‘weight loss improves health.’ ” — Pat Lyons, author of Great Shape
Acknowledgments | ||
Foreword | ||
Introduction | 3 | |
1 | Weight: An Unhealthy Obsession | 17 |
2 | How Obesity Got Such a Bad Name | 31 |
3 | Obesity a Killer Disease? A Closer Look at the Evidence | 59 |
4 | Thinness: Lifesaver or Killer? | 79 |
5 | "Ideal" Height-Weight Tables: Measuring the Unmeasurable | 109 |
6 | Good Body Fat, Bad Body Fat | 127 |
7 | Diet and Die | 153 |
8 | Metabolic Fitness: What It Means, How to Achieve It | 183 |
9 | Exercise for Metabolic Fitness: Shaping Up Without Necessarily Changing Shape | 203 |
10 | Nutrition for Metabolic Fitness | 231 |
References | 267 | |
Additional Recommended Reading | 289 | |
Organizations, Newsletters, and Magazines That Promote a Non-Dieting, Size-Acceptance Philosophy | 291 | |
Index | 293 |