| Description |
x, 262 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-260). |
| Contents |
Calorie restriction and fasting for health -- Famine and the gates of grief -- 18 hours since eating -- 36 hours since eating -- Gender differences and short-term hunger -- Glucose shortage -- Obesity research -- Genetic disorders of overeating -- Obesity and poverty -- Poverty and hunger -- Seven days without food -- Fasting -- Ketones and Ketosis -- The hunger strike -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Hunger disease studies: The Warsaw Ghetto -- The Minnesota Experiment -- The anthropology of hunger (Bolivia, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Sudan, Brazil) -- Anorexia Nervosa -- And end to hunger -- Saint Patrick. |
| Summary |
This book explores the range of this primal experience, a biological process that transcends nature to shape the fabric of societies. In a survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Hunger -- Social aspects.
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Fasting -- Social aspects.
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Weight loss -- Social aspects.
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Hunger.
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Fasting.
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Social Conditions.
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Weight Loss.
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| ISBN |
0465071635 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780465071630 |
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