description: A provocative, cutting edge exploration of obesity probes recent attempts to uncover the underlying cause of this national epidemic, from scientists breeding superobese rats to the scientific search for the obesity gene and the race to create a pill to cure the fat problem. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin
titlecomplete: The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin
genres: Science, Biology, Health, Food, Medicine, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 114
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr