Magic pill : the extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight-loss drugs
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593728635
- ISBN: 0593728637
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Physical Description:
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xxix, 288 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-282) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The holy grail -- Finding the treasure chest: how the drugs work -- Cheesecake park: why we gained weight -- The death and rebirth of satiety: the strange connection between processed food and the new drugs -- Living in an inflamed state: what has happened to our bodies--and do these drugs reverse it? -- An old story repeating itself?: the risks of the old weight-loss drugs--and the new ones -- Why don't you diet and exercise instead?: the two biggest alternatives to weight-loss drugs--and why they have [mostly] failed -- The brain breakthrough: good news for addiction, bad news for depression? -- What job was overeating doing for you?: the five reasons why we eat--and what happens when they are taken away from us -- I don't think you're in your body: How Ozempic made me realize I had to change -- Self-acceptance vs self-starvation?: what will these drugs mean for eating disorders? -- The forbidden body: what do these new drugs mean for stigma? -- Land that doesn't need Ozempic: what the Japanese do right--and how we can become like them -- The choices now: so what do we do, for us, and our kids.What can you do to improve the food system. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Weight loss Obesity Treatment Weight loss Psychological aspects Weight loss preparations Drugs Side effects Pills Medication |
| Genre: | Informational works. |
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- 21 of 35 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System. (Show)
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- 2 current holds with 35 total copies.
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