Fat, Fate, and Disease: Why exercise and diet are not enough

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Peter Gluckman (Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Biology, University of Auckland) Mark Hanson (Director of the Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton)

Fat, Fate, and Disease

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Why exercise and diet are not enough

Peter Gluckman (Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Biology, University of Auckland), Mark Hanson (Director of the Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton)

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Oxford University Press
07 February 2012

Medicine; Medicine: general issues; Public health & preventive medicine; Popular science

'Why are we losing the war against obesity and chronic disease?' This is the simple question Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson ask, exploring the dominant myth that the exploding epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes can be tackled by focusing on adult life styles. Addressing the flawed approach of the weight-loss industry, they explain why a continued focus simply on diet and exercise will fail. Highlighting the implications of the growing burden of these problems in the developing world, they show that the scientific enterprise ignores the reality of the social, cultural, and biological determinants that make different populations and people respond differently to living in the modern nutritionally rich world. Gluckman and Hanson review the overwhelming scientific evidence that much of the problem emerges in early life and even before birth, identifying that to address these issues requires considering development in two dimensions - a life course approach and addressing the developmental challenges of countries emerging through the socioeconomic transition. Asking why the major global bodies and vested interests fail to consider these dimensions and continue with failed approaches, they conclude by discussing the complex interactions between health and the food industry, and suggest that the food industry must be co-opted as an ally in this battle, providing a clear pathway forward.

By: Peter Gluckman (Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Biology University of Auckland), Mark Hanson (Director of the Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 221mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780199644629
ISBN 10: 0199644624
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 February 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Blinkers and biases 2: Fat Chances 3: The Origins of Obesity 4: Now We Are Sick 5: The Thin Line 6: Genes Aren't Us 7: The Child is Father To the Man 8: Trouble Ahead 9: Taking Sugar 10: Breaking Fate 11: From Words to Action 12: A Call to Action 13: Seeing and believing - the fat emperor has no clothes.

Reviews for Fat, Fate, and Disease: Why exercise and diet are not enough

There is no denying the obesity epidemic in the developed world is quickly becoming a global pandemic. There are many contemporary books written about the problem, from causes and consequences, to how to stem its rising tide. Fat, Fate and Disease can be placed on the relatively popular side of the obesity literature... The premise of the book is that human beings are destined to be overweight and suffer chronic disease. -- Jane Kolodinsky, World Medical & Health Policy