In Fat Chance, endocrinologist Robert Lustig argues that insidious changes to our eating habits have caused disruptions to our endocrine systems
THE number of obese people in the world has doubled in the last three decades. During the same period, the way we eat has changed insidiously: the proportion of meals eaten outside the home has grown, people have come to rely more and more on ready-to-eat processed foods, and sugar consumption has soared to the highest levels in human history. Unsurprisingly, none of this is for the better of our health, says endocrinologist Robert Lustig.
Obese people struggling to lose weight, and health professionals involved in helping them to do so, will agree that obesity is not down to mere gluttony or sloth. Subtle, yet unrecognised neuroendocrine defects likely also play a role.
In Fat Chance, Lustig argues that the rise of obesity is the result of high concentrations ...
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