How fat works / Philip A. Wood.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006Description: xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0674019474
- 9780674019478
- 612.397 22
- QP751 .W66 2006
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 612.397 WOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A403143B |
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| 612.397 FAT Fatty acids in foods and their health implications / | 612.397 MAR Marine nutraceuticals and functional foods / | 612.397 TRA Trans fatty acids / | 612.397 WOO How fat works / | 612.399 COM The vitamins : fundamental aspects in nutrition and health / | 612.399 EIT Vitamin analysis for the health and food sciences / | 612.399 VIT Vitamin E / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.
pt. 1. Problems of excess fat and cholesterol -- The burden of obesity -- Testing for silent diseases -- An introduction to the terminology -- Disorders of excess cholesterol and triglycerides -- Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome -- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes -- pt. 2. Dynamics of fat metabolism -- The energy equation -- Making and storing fat -- Burning fat in the cell -- Single-gene disorders of lipid metabolism -- Multifactorial genetic diseases of lipid metabolism -- pt. 3. Knowledge into practice -- Overcoming genetics and aging -- Breaking the insulin cycle -- Exercise to burn fat -- Lipid-lowering drugs -- Practical lessons for making good decisions -- pt. 4. The environment -- Nutrient labeling -- Alternative medicine and fad diets -- Media coverage of health research.
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