Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat

Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat
Author: Nathan Denton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2022-01-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0192634577

Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat outlines the fascinating, often misunderstood and sometimes controversial biology of fat, otherwise known as adipose tissue. It provides a comprehensive, evidence-based perspective on fat biology and its crucial role in human evolution, health, disease, and society. The content draws upon biomedical, epidemiological, social and evolutionary research to understand the striking relationship between body fat distribution and health outcomes. Using digestible analogies, real-world examples and images, it highlights the multi-faceted relationship between adipose biology and society. Waisted clearly conveys the key concepts and assumptions that can lead to negative perceptions of fat, and reframes these challenges to highlight the underappreciated importance of adipose tissue in humans. Waisted is an accessible yet in-depth exploration of the subject that is suitable for both specialists and non-specialists alike. It is a highly valuable resource for clinicians, health practitioners, biomedical researchers, and students who study adipose biology, obesity, and diseases related to fat dysfunction. This book also provides an interesting sociological and anthropological read for anyone who wants to gain a broader and deeper appreciation of the unique role that adipose tissue plays in human evolution and society, by considering how biological and social factors intersect.

The Body Fat Solution

The Body Fat Solution
Author: Tom Venuto
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009-01-08
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 144068555X

The national bestseller with the ultimate program to lose body fat and build muscle-and keep the weight off for good By now, we all know that we gain fat when we take in more calories than we burn. But we're not always rational creatures when it comes to food and exercise. Tom Venuto provides a sound plan that will help us put the brakes on overeating by pinpointing the mental roadblocks and emotional eating patterns that are preventing us from losing weight for good. Guiding readers to dig deeper, The Body Fat Solution explores: ?Why it is so difficult to balance calorie output with input ?What prevents people from eating appropriately and exercising more ?The emotional and psychological factors that sabotage success The Body Fat Solution shows how to personalize an eating plan that takes into account your unique metabolism and calorie needs, while offering delicious new menus. Tapping into his years of training expertise and personal experience, Venuto helps readers change their relationship with food, empowers them to take charge of their lives, and delivers a program that promises dramatic and permanent results.

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle
Author: Tom Venuto
Publisher: Random House Canada
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2013-12-10
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0345813715

A smart, energizing program to help you shed fat, build muscle, and achieve your ideal body in just 30 days! A huge success as a self-published ebook, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is the bible of fat loss that will allow any reader to get his or her dream body. Tom Venuto has created a program using the secrets of the world's leanest people,although it's not about getting ripped; it is about maximizing your fat loss through nutrient timing and strategic exercise. This totally revised and 25% new book includes a never-before-shared plan that will make it even easier for readers to achieve amazing results.

The Gender and Psychology Reader

The Gender and Psychology Reader
Author: Blythe Clinchy
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 821
Release: 1998-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 081471546X

Touches upon most of the significant and controversial underlying issues involved in the study of gender, including methodological issues. The selections included range from research summaries on particular topics (e.g. gender differences in emotion), to work on development of gendered self-concepts, to discussion of psychology's ambivalence about the study of difference and its failure to systematically consider race, ethnicity, and class. The concluding chapter considers unifying themes, gaps in current perspectives, and future directions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Waisted

Waisted
Author: Randy Susan Meyers
Publisher: Atria Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501131397

In this “big-hearted triumph of a novel” (Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times bestselling author) for fans of Jennifer Weiner, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documentary discover self-love and sisterhood as they enact a daring revenge against the exploitative filmmakers. Alice and Daphne, both successful and accomplished working mothers, harbor the same secret: obsession with their weight overshadows concerns about their children, husbands, work—and everything else of importance in their lives. Daphne, plump in a family of model-thin women, discovered early that only slimness earns admiration. Alice, break-up skinny when she met her husband, risks losing her marriage if she keeps gaining weight. The two women meet at Waisted. Located in a remote Vermont mansion, the program promises fast, dramatic weight loss, and Alice, Daphne, and five other women are desperate enough to leave behind their families for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The catch? They must agree to always be on camera; afterward, the world will see Waisted: The Documentary. But the women soon discover that the filmmakers have trapped them in a cruel experiment. With each pound lost, they edge deeper into obsession and instability...until they decide to take matters into their own hands. Randy Susan Meyers “spins a compelling tale” (Kirkus Reviews) and “delivers a timely examination of body image, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman in modern society...Culturally inclusive and societally on point, this is a must-read” (Library Journal).

Why Women Need Fat

Why Women Need Fat
Author: William D. Lassek M.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2011-12-29
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1101553782

The groundbreaking discovery that shows why women need fat to lose fat. Why do women struggle so much with weight? Can women ever lose weight and keep it off? In this research-driven and counterintuitive book, an anthropologist and a public health doctor team up to answer those questions. Blending anecdotal evidence with hard science, they explain how women's weight is controlled by evolution-but more important- they reveal how a change in diet three decades ago may be the reason women today are bigger than their grandmothers were. Explaining why fat (both in our diet and in our body) is crucial to long-term health, the authors show not only why women tend (and need) to get heavier after having their first child, but also destroy cultural myths like "all fat is bad for you." Providing a plan that can help any woman achieve a natural, healthy weight- without dieting- Why Women Need Fat not only gives women the tools they need to shed weight, but also a better understanding of why those last five pounds seem impossible to lose.

Curvology

Curvology
Author: David Bainbridge
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2015-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1468312944

A zoologist explores the unique evolution of the female body in this fascinating study of social, historical, and biological influences. Humans are the only mammals whose females have curvy bodies. In Curvology, zoologist David Bainbridge uses his scientific know-how to explore this anatomical mystery. With wide ranging data and analysis, he delves into the social and psychological consequences of our fixation with curves and fat. Blending evolutionary biology, cultural observation, and cutting-edge psychology, Bainbridge critically synthesize the science and history of women’s body shape, from ancient homonids to the age of the selfie, offering insights into how women’s bodies became objects of fascination and raising awareness about what this scrutiny does to our brains. Packed with controversial and compelling findings that drive us to think about the significance of our curves and what they mean for future generations, Curvology offers not just a compelling collection of facts and studies, but a fascinating take on human evolution.

The Lenses of Gender

The Lenses of Gender
Author: Sandra Lipsitz Bem
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300154259

Annotation A leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our culture, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Illustrated.

The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff
Author: TC Luoma
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1452543712

You should know up front that his book might cause you to reevaluate your life. It might influence you to quit your job and switch careers. You might start to look at your relationships in a different way. Hell, it might even cause you to realize that youre not in a good marriage. Thats not just hyperbole, either. T. C. Luomas popular weekly columnthe best of which are featured here in The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuffhas elicited exactly such potentially life-changing thoughts from the people who regularly read his work. He doesnt preach or rap you on the knuckles. Instead, he shows you glimpses of what lifeyour lifecould and maybe should look like. If youve got even a speck of self-awareness, you end up asking yourself, Hey, is he talking about me? His observations, liberally backed up with science and spiced up with quirky references to popular culture, serve as a guide to the weird, conflicted, often horribly flawed creature called man.

What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?
Author: Meredith Small
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2011-09-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0307765504

In this refreshingly down-to-earth exploration of human mating and sexuality, an acclaimed anthropologist looks at why we fall in love with the people we do. "A personal feminist take on the mating game." —Scientific American An acclaimed anthropologist looks at the fascinating intersection between the imperatives of our glands and genes, and the culture in which we live. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Is there an alternative, more feminist, way to interpret traditional human sexual biology and evolution? These are but a few of the questions that anthropologist Meredith Small explores in her compelling book on human mating, What's Love Got to Do with It?