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Los Descubrimientos Revolucionarios Sobre El Metabolismo, El Peso Y La Salud
Herman Pontzer(Author)
Oceano (Publisher)
Published on 24. July 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-607-557-358-8 (ISBN)
Description
Energy is the currency of life; without it, we die. And yet we continue to misunderstand how our metabolism works, and therefore we develop diets, exercise programs and strategies that end up failing in our attempts to lose weight. Drawing on his fieldwork with the Hadza of Tanzania and his study of primate evolution, Herman Pontzer explains how our bodies developed a great capacity to store energy to protect against periods of scarcity and famine. This book dives into how diet and physical activity affect our weight, and how our modern sedentary, overeating lifestyles have had disastrous consequences for our health. You'll never think about food and exercise the same way again.
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Language
Spanish
Target group
Young adult
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-607-557-358-8 (9786075573588)
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Person
Herman Pontzer is an Associate Professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University and an Associate Research Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. He has dedicated himself to research on bioenergetics and human evolution. His investigations have been the subject of articles and reports in media outlets such as The New York Times, BBC, PBS, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, Scientific American and many others.