Why We Get Fat: and What to Do About it

by Gary Taubes

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An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes.

In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued that our diet’s overemphasis on certain kinds of carbohydrates—not fats and not simply excess calories—has led directly to the obesity epidemic we face today. The result of thorough research, keen insight, and unassailable common sense, Good Calories, Bad Calories immediately stirred controversy and acclaim among academics, journalists, and writers alike. Michael Pollan heralded it as “a vitally important book, destined to change the way we think about food.”

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  • ISBN10 0307949435
  • ISBN13 9780307949431
  • Publish Date 27 December 2011 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 30 June 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Anchor Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 368
  • Language English
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