Rethinking Thin - Couverture souple

Kolata, Gina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312427859 ISBN 13 : 9780312427856

Editeur : Picador, 2008

Synopsis

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

In this eye-opening report, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Kolata's account of four determined dieters in a study comparing the Atkins diet to a low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of the place of diets in American society. Brimming with anecdote, scientific data, and common sense, Rethinking Thin offers a challenge to the conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gina Kolata is a science reporter for The New York Times and the author of Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It, Clone: The Road to Dolly, and Sex in America. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312427859
• ISBN 13: 9780312427856
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible