Waistland: The R/evolutionary Science Behind Our Weight and Fitness Crisis
An elegantly written and eye-opening analysis of what makes us fat. --Steven Pinker, PhD, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author ofHow the Mind WorksIn this cogent, clearly argued, and thought-provoking book, Barrett shows how we are paying the price for our own plenty. --David Spiegel, M.D. Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine; author ofLiving Beyond LimitsOffers us a way to understand the pandemic of obesity that we find ourselves in. --John Ratey, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School, co-author ofDriven to Distraction