Prologue
by Skinny Jeans ix
Introduction-Our Changing Views of Fat 1
I All About Fat
1. The Foundation: Fat Does More Than You Think 11
2. Fat Can Talk 26
3. Your Life Depends on Fat 46
4. When Good Fat Goes Bad 63
5. How Fat Fights to Stay on You 78
II It Is Not Only Food That Makes Us Fat
6. Bacteria and Viruses-Microscopic in Size, Giant in Effect 97
7. I Blame My Parents-Genes in Obesity 121
8. I Am Woman, I Have Fat 132
9. Fat Can Listen 146
III So What Is the Solution?
10. Fat Control I: How You Can Do It 165
11. Mind over Fat 179
12. Fat Control II: How I Do It 191
13. The Future of Fat 202
Acknowledgments 209
Bibliography and References 211
Index 225