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Author:

Aamodt, Sandra.

Title:

Why diets make us fat : the unintended consequences of our obsession with weight loss / Sandra Aamodt, Ph.D.

Publisher:

Currentan imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

290 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Weight loss--Psychological aspects.
Weight gain.
Food habits--Psychological aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part One: The Trouble with Diets -- 1 The Diet Roller Coaster -- 2 Willpower Runs Out -- 3 How Diets Lead to Weight Gain -- 4 The Weight of Beauty -- 5 Our Brains Fight Weight Loss -- Part Two: Why We Gain Weight -- 6 Early Life and Adult Weight -- 7 Stress, Shame, and Stigma -- 8 When Calories Don't Count -- 9 Blame Your Ancestors -- 10 Follow the Money -- Part Three: A Better Way -- 11 Eat with Attention and Joy -- 12 Sleepwalking Through Dinner -- 13 Healthy Is Better Than Thin -- 14 Change Your Lifestyle, Change Your Health -- 15 Good Habits Beat Good Intentions.

Summary:

A neuroscientist uses her knowledge of brain science and biology to explain why dieting does not work and that a cycle of dieting and gaining is actually worse for one's health than being overweight.

ISBN:

1591847699 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781591847694 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2015048518

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)