Waistland: The R/evolutionary Science Behind Our Weight and Fitness Crisis Environmental Economics Kahlan Amnell

Kahlan Amnell

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Waistland: The R/evolutionary Science Behind Our Weight and Fitness Crisis Environmental Economics Kahlan AmnellHarvard psychologist Deirdre Barrett tackles the obesity and fitness crisis from an evolutionary standpoint. In the modern jungle of burgers, couches, and remote controls, obesity is an enormous and growing epidemic. Weight loss books and diet gurus urge us to "listen to our bodies," but our instincts are designed for the African savannah, not food courts. The sugary and fatty foods that we, as hunter gatherers, are programmed to forage used to be