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Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

by Robert H. Lustig

Hudson Street: Penguin. 2012. 336p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781594631009. $25.95. pap. ISBN 9780142180433. $16; ebk. ISBN 9781101606582.

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An endocrinologist argues that exercise won't help you shed pounds and fasting only worsens weight gain. By readjusting the hormones that regulate hunger, reward, and stress, permanent weight loss can be achieved.

Reviewed by Julia Watson , Sep 01, 2014

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