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Hungry Gene, The : The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin
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Hungry Gene, The : The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Shell, Ellen Ruppel

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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A unflinching look at obesity in America and the cultural, political, and monied influences and interests that drive it. Author surveys the problem from the Ice Age through to the present, the various diseases and health conditions that manifest from it, the radical pharmacological and surgical techniques used to remove adipose tissue, the current state of knowledge about obesity and the modern breakthroughs in medicine in treating it, much more, offering new understanding and solutions to this otherwise baffling condition. Hardcover with dust jacket, notes, indexed, 294pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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