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LEADER: 02763cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2014002654
003 DLC
005 20141104084223.0
008 140205t20142014nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014002654
020 $a9781623360153 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 $a1623360153 (hardback : acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC552.O25$bW56 2014
082 00 $a616.3/980651$223
084 $aHEA019000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWillett, Walter,$eauthor.
245 10 $aThinfluence :$bthin-flu-ence (noun) the powerful and surprising effect friends, family, work, and environment have on weight /$cWalter Willett, MD, DRPH, Malissa Wood, MD, Harvard Medical School, and Dan Childs.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bRodale,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axiii, 242 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 228-233) and index.
520 $a"A guide to recognizing and combating the external factors that cause weight gain and make it difficult to lose weight. Tackling a weight problem is often viewed as a personal responsibility that requires making healthier choices. The latest research, however, shows that external factors--from family and friendships to advertising and the workplace environment--make an equal, if not greater, contribution. Just look at the stats: A person's chance of becoming obese increases by 57 percent if a close friend is obese, 40 percent if a sibling is obese, and 37 percent if a spouse is obese. That's where Thinfluence comes in. Through a research-based examination of various social, environmental, and policy-based issues, renowned Harvard researchers Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Malissa Wood examine how relationships, workplace, media, and other factors are affecting readers' weights. Thinfluence doesn't tell readers to ditch their friends and family, change jobs, or move to another state. It offers a clear three-step action plan--analyze, act, influence--for readers to identify hidden factors affecting weight, develop a personal toolbox to combat external effects, and become positive influences on others around them"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aObesity$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aObesity$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aOverweight persons$xPsychology.
650 0 $aWeight loss$xPsychological aspects.
650 7 $aHEALTH & FITNESS / Weight Loss.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aWood, Malissa,$eauthor.
700 1 $aChilds, Dan,$eauthor.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/153/9781623360153/image/lgcover.9781623360153.jpg