title: Obesity (Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints)
author: Sandra Alters
description: Grade 7 UpFollowing the series format, this title provides 14 articles that discuss various aspects of obesity. Articles drawn from periodicals and government reports show different points of view on the following hard-hitting questions: Is obesity a disease? Does it pose a serious health problem? What are the causes? Who is responsible for reducing obesity? At the beginning of each piece, readers are prompted with questions to think about, and a section is appended to help them evaluate the author's argument. Embedded in the articles are fact boxes, charts, cartoon strips, and photographs to reinforce the text. Organizations to contact and resources for further reading round out the presentation.<i>Kristen M. Todd, Middle Country Public Library, Centereach, NY</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: **THE**  
   **OBESITY CODE**
  
   **UNLOCKING**  
   **THE SECRETS OF**  
   **WEIGHT LOSS**
  
   **JASON FUNG, MD**
  
  ![](Images/image00229.jpeg)
  
  > > > > > _This book is dedicated to my beautiful wife, Mina._  
  >  _Thank you for your love and the strength you give me. I could not do it
  > without you, nor would I ever want to._
  
   **CONTENTS**
  
  FOREWORD
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  PART 1: The Epidemic
  
  CHAPTER 1: How Obesity Became an Epidemic
  
  CHAPTER 2: Inheriting Obesity
  
  PART 2: The Calorie Deception
  
  CHAPTER 3: The Calorie-Reduction Error
  
  CHAPTER 4: The Exercise Myth
  
  CHAPTER 5: The Overfeeding Paradox
  
  PART 3: A New Model of Obesity
  
  CHAPTER 6: A New Hope
  
  CHAPTER 7: Insulin
  
  CHAPTER 8: Cortisol
  
  CHAPTER 9: The Atkins Onslaught
  
  CHAPTER 10: Insulin Resistance: The Major Player
  
  PART 4: The Social Phenomenon of Obesity
  
  CHAPTER 11: Big Food, More Food and the New Science of Diabesity
  
  CHAPTER 12: Poverty and Obesity
  
  CHAPTER 13: Childhood Obesity
  
  PART 5: What’s Wrong with Our Diet?
  
  CHAPTER 14: The Dead