The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You

by Sylvia Tara

Book Overview

Fat is an obsession, a dirty word, a subject of national handwringing--and, according to biochemist Sylvia Tara, the least-understood part of our body.

You may not love your fat, but your body certainly does. In fact, your body is actually endowed with many self-defense measures to hold on to fat. For example, fat can use stem cells to regenerate; increase our appetite if it feels threatened; and use bacteria, genetics, and viruses to expand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393244830
• ISBN13: 9780393244830
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.8"