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Title: Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A. Gaesser ISBN: 0-936077-42-5 Publisher: Gurze Books Pub. Date: 18 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Germ of truth, distorted by wishful readers
Comment: I believe Mr. Gaesser wrote this book intentionally to pander to the so-called "fat but fit" crowd. If you look at pictures of the man, you see that he is rail-thin, as are most exercise physiologists. That's because they know about exercise, and they are proof positive that it leads to leanness. If being fat isn't so bad for you, why don't you carry around an extra 50, Mr. Gaesser?
Gaesser's central observation that insurance company actuary tables are not an accurate indicator of health is indeed true. But his "fat but fit" groupies are so wrong that I question whether they've actually even read the darned book. His message is that inactivity, not obesity, kills.
Now, this is where his argument seriously breaks down, as he apparently believes there's such a thing as an obese person who actively exercises. Sadly, Mr. Gaesser must never have conducted or reviewed any sequestered studies. If he did, he would know that obese people habitually under-report their eating and under-report their physical activity. Subjects lose weight on enforced exercise and eating regimes. Period. If science truly found a group of people who ate 1600 calories a day and got regular exercise yet remained obese, everyone in the world would know about it. (And sorry, taking the stairs twice a day instead of the elevator doesn't count as exercise.)
Gaesser does not claim in this book, by the way, that obesity is genetic. I at least have to give him that. He knows it's overeating and sedentary lifestyle that causes it.
He completely ignores the very real ancillary problems of the obese: Poor circulation, skin disorders, female hair loss, "varicose" veins, joint stress and diabetes, to name a few.
As a formerly fat guy, I find self-proclaimed "fat but fit" people incredibly sad. I have been where they are, thinking that thin people didn't have to control what they ate to stay thin (but secretly knowing it's not true). I finally grew up, quit stuffing myself at every meal, and learned to work out. Shocker: I'm thin, healthy and happier than I've ever been in my entire life.
Fat people, you aren't children and you aren't stupid. No, you do NOT eat less than thin people. No you are NOT as active as thin people, including Mr. Gaesser. You are kidding, and killing yourselves. This book is horrible justification for self-destructive behavior.
Rating: 5
Summary: educated decisions
Comment: Read this book before you try one more plan to get thin. It helps you see that, for most people, losing weight is an aesthetic decision, not a health one. You can look at yourself more kindly, realizing that you are not ruining your health, unless you actually do have a weight related condition. You can look at other big folks more kindly- be honest; you know you judge others!- realizing you have no more idea of whether they are unhealthy than their thin counterparts-as if it was any of your business! But, really, the facts helped to loosen the hold this topic had for me. There are other books that go farther with appearance acceptance, but this one is a great start to feel confident it's really okay to go there!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Truth About Weight Tables
Comment: I learned the truth about both Weight Tables and Diets, as well as the importance of Nutrition and Exercise. In this book, Dr Glaesser explains the historical context of the American Weight Tables and their formation by Met Life Insurance Company. His extensive research has shown that people with higher weights can be fit and sometimes even fitter than the ones that actually fit into the prescribed weight tables. For me this is a startling finding. I am relieved to learn that Glaesser recommends allowing our bodies to equilibrate around our natural set point rather than yo-yo dieting to try to attain a weight that we have been taught is optimal. In depth discussions of good vs bad types of body fat are also informative and further make Big Fat Lies a good and instructive read.
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Title: Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves: A Practical Guide for Women by Rita Freedman ISBN: 0936077433 Publisher: Gurze Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin by Ellen Ruppel Shell ISBN: 0871138565 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Body Wars by Margo Maine ISBN: 0936077344 Publisher: Gurze Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Just the Weigh You Are : How to Be Fit and Healthy, Whatever Your Size by Linda Konner, Steven Jonas ISBN: 0395935237 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Weighty Issues: Fatness and Thinness As Social Problems (Social Problems and Social Issues) by Jeffery Sobal, Donna Maurer ISBN: 0202305805 Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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