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Scientific American Frontiers. Losing it /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Angier, John (Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [Arlington, VA] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2004.
Series:The PBS Video Collection
Subjects:
Diet > United States.
Food habits > United States.
Nutrition > United States.
Weight gain > United States.
Alimentation > États-Unis.
Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis.
Nutrition > États-Unis.
Prise de poids > États-Unis.
Diet.
Food habits.
Nutrition.
Weight gain.
United States.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Online media.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (57 min.).
Playing Time:00:57:04
Production Credits:Editor, David Berenson.