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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Teen edition of the New York Times bestseller, The End of Overeating
Former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration David A. Kessler, M.D., argues forcefully that our brain chemistry is being hijacked by the food we eat: that by consuming stimulating combinations of sugar, fat, and salt, we're conditioning our bodies to crave more sugar, fat, and salt-and consigning ourselves to a vicious cycle of overeating. Adapted from the adult trade...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Obesity specialist Dr. Levine says America suffers from "sitting disease"--the age of electronics has left us less active, by up to 2000 daily calories, than we were thirty years ago. What we need, he says, is to get moving, or nonexercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT). NEAT is as simple as standing, turning, and bending. Research shows that daily NEAT activity burns more calories than an hour on a treadmill, and can boost metabolism, lower blood...
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