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020			_a9780511584633 (ebook)
020			_z9780521583213 (hardback)
020			_z9780521635776 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQP751 _b.P645 1998
082	0	0	_a612.3/97 _221
100	1		_aPond, Caroline M. _q(Caroline Margaret), _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe fats of life / _cCaroline M. Pond, with drawings by Mat Cross and Sarah Sutcliffe.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1998.
300			_a1 online resource (337 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0	0	_tIntroduction to fats -- _tIntroduction to fatty tissues -- _tDiverse fatty acids -- _tLipids in action -- _tThe functions of fattening -- _tThe functions of fat -- _tFat people -- _tFat and health.
520			_aThis book aims to fill the gap between unscientific comments about the hazards and benefits of high-fat or low-fat diets and weight control found in magazines and technical and medical reports about lipid biochemistry and obesity. It aims to explain in simple language the biology of feeding and fasting, fattening and slimming in wild animals as well as people. Topics include where fat comes from and how animals and plants handle them, their natural roles in migration, mating breeding and living in unpredictable habitats such as deserts and arctic regions, and their contributions to our cookery, paints and medicines. The physiological mechanisms of digesting, transporting and utilising energy stores are discussed, along with the contribution of fatty tissue to body insulation and the protection of delicate organs. Archaeological, anthropological and physiological evidence is assembled to explore how, when and why people have become fat, and how evolutionary forces have determined the modern diversity of body shape and size. The book ends with a brief account of the contribution of dietary fats and obesity to health in the modern world.
650		0	_aFatty acids _xPhysiological effect.
650		0	_aLipids in nutrition.
650		0	_aFatty acids in human nutrition.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521583213
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584633
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