Buy this book on-line Shell, Ellen Ruppel : Hungry Gene, The : The Science of Fat and the Future of ThinAtlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2002 ISBN 0871138565
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A unflinching look at obesity in America and the cultural, political, and monied influences and interests that drive it. Author surveys the problem from the Ice Age through to the present, the various diseases and health conditions that manifest from it, the radical pharmacological and surgical techniques used to remove adipose tissue, the current state of knowledge about obesity and the modern breakthroughs in medicine in treating it, much more, offering new understanding and solutions to this otherwise baffling condition. Hardcover with dust jacket, notes, indexed, 294pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Shell, Ellen Ruppel : Hungry Gene, The : The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, livres rares, first editions, incunabula and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |