Scientific American Frontiers. Losing it
Description
Follows a group of 12 persons for several months as they adopt different strategies for weight loss, ranging from online diet systems to gastric bypass surgery. Also looks at research that attempts to explain the body's complex weight-regulation systems, and to explain, among other things, why dieting is difficult.
Runtime
57 min
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Subjects
Geography
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Date of Publication
2004
Database
Alexander Street
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