Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do)

Widmaier, Eric; Adamson, Rick

ISBN 10: 1885408285 ISBN 13: 9781885408280

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, 1999

Synopsis

Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories daily without gaining weight. If you had the metabolism of a shrew you could! Through fascinating examples, Why Geese Don't Get Obese discusses the mechanisms humans (and other creatures too) have evolved to gauge their need for food, gather water, respirate, regulate temperature, respond to stressful situations, and much, much more.

About this title

About the Author

Eric P. Widmaier is the producer, host and director of "Widmaier's World of Animals," an educational television program aired in Boston, as well as, Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University, where he teaches physiology.

A former postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, his research has focused on the role of hormones in metabolism, the hormonal basis of stress adaptations, the regulatory roles of fatty acids, and the neural and endocrine control of feeding and body weights in mammals.

Reviews

Grade 10 Up-Discusses the mechanisms humans and other creatures have evolved to gauge their need for food; gather water and oxygen; circulate blood; regulate body temperature; respond to stressful situations; and maintain other survival needs. By Eric P. Widmaier.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1885408285
• ISBN 13: 9781885408280
• Binding: Audio Cassette