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“Taubes stands the received wisdom about diet and exercise on its head.”
-The New York Times

“Well-researched and thoughtful. . . . Taubes has done us a great service by bringing these issues to the table.”
-The Boston Globe

“Compelling and convincing. . . . Taubes breaks it down for us from historical and, more importantly, scientific perspectives.”
-Philadelphia Daily News

“Taubes’s critique is so pointed and vociferous that reading him will change the way you look at calories, the food pyramid, and your daily diet.”
-Men’s Journal

“Taubes is a science journalist’s science journalist, who researches topics to the point of obsession-actually, well beyond that point-and never dumbs things down for readers.”
-Scientific American

“Important. . . . This excellent book, built on sound research and common sense, contains essential information.”
-Tucson Citizen

Author's Note -- Introduction: The Original Sin -- Book I. Biology, Not Physics -- 1. Why Were They Fat? -- 2. The Elusive Benefits of Undereating -- 3. The Elusive Benefits of Exercise -- 4. The Significance of Twenty Calories a Day -- 5. Why Me? Why There? Why Then? -- 6. Thermodynamics for Dummies, Part 1 -- 7. Thermodynamics for Dummies, Part 2 -- 8. Head Cases -- Book II. Adiposity 101 -- 9. The Laws of Adiposity -- 10. A Historical Digression on Lipophilia -- 11. A Primer on the Regulation of Fat -- 12. Why I Get Fat and You Don't (or Vice Versa) -- 13. What We Can Do -- 14. Injustice Collecting -- 15. Why Diets Succeed and Fail -- 16. A Historical Digression on the Fattening Carbohydrate -- 17. Meat or Plants? -- 18. The Nature of a Healthy Diet -- 19. Following Through -- Afterword to the Anchor Edition: Why Do We Get Fat Answers to Frequently Asked Questions -- Appendix: The No Sugar, No Starch Diet -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

What’s making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, bestselling author Gary Taubes revisits these urgent questions.

Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century?none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat?and the good science that has been ignored. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat is an essential guide to nutrition and weight management.

Complete with an easy-to-follow diet. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions.

Don't miss Gary Taubes's latest book, The Case Against Sugar, available now.