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Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics

Marion Nestle, Malden Nesheim

What is a calorie, and why do calories matter for your weight, for public health and for the politics of food?

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Marion Nestle, Malden Nesheim

Why read it

  • You will be able to judge diet claims for yourself instead of trusting the latest promise
  • You will see how food marketing and the food environment push you to eat more, so weight is not only willpower
  • You will know the plain rule behind weight change: eat less, move more and choose better food

Who it is for

  • Someone who has tried several diets and distrusts them all
  • A parent worried about what marketing does to a child's eating
  • A reader who wants to know how calories are measured

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. PART ONE
  3. Understanding Calories
  4. CHAPTER 1
  5. What Is a Calorie?
  6. CHAPTER 2
  7. The History
  8. CHAPTER 3
  9. Foods
  10. CHAPTER 4
  11. Bodies
  12. PART TWO
  13. Why You Need Calories
  14. CHAPTER 5
  15. Metabolism
  16. CHAPTER 6
  17. The First Use of Calories
  18. CHAPTER 7
  19. The Second Use
  20. CHAPTER 8
  21. The Third Use
  22. PART THREE
  23. Calorie Intake and Its Regulation
  24. CHAPTER 9
  25. How Many Calories Do You Need?
  26. CHAPTER 10
  27. Calorie Confusion
  28. CHAPTER 11
  29. Secret Calories
  30. CHAPTER 12
  31. Calorie Regulation
  32. PART FOUR
  33. Too Few Calories
  34. CHAPTER 13
  35. Starvation and Its Effects on the Body
  36. CHAPTER 14
  37. Individuals, Communities, Nations
  38. CHAPTER 15
  39. Could Restricting Calories Prolong Human Life?
  40. PART FIVE
  41. Too Many Calories
  42. CHAPTER 16
  43. An Introduction to Obesity
  44. CHAPTER 17
  45. Calories and Weight Gain
  46. CHAPTER 18
  47. Do Excess Calories Make Some People Gain Weight Faster than Others?
  48. CHAPTER 19
  49. Are All Calories Created Equal?
  50. CHAPTER 20
  51. Do Some Kinds of Diets Work Better than Others?
  52. PART SIX
  53. The Politics of Calories
  54. CHAPTER 21
  55. Today's “Eat More” Environment
  56. CHAPTER 22
  57. More Calorie Confusion
  58. CHAPTER 23
  59. Calorie Labeling
  60. CHAPTER 24

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