From the Book - First Anchor books edition.
Introduction: The original sin
Biology, not physics: Why were they fat? ; The elusive benefits of undereating ; The elusive benefits of exercise ; The significance of twenty calories a day ; Why me? Why there? Why then? ; Thermodynamics for dummies, part 1 ; Thermodynamics for dummies, part 2 ; Head cases
Adiposity 101: The laws of adiposity ; A historical digression on "lipophilia" ; A primer on the regulation of fat ; Why I get fat and you don't (or vice versa) ; What we can do ; Injustice collecting ; Why diets succeed and fail ; A historical digression on the fattening carbohydrate ; Meat or plants? ; The nature of a healthy diet ; Following through
Why do we get fat : answers to frequently asked questions.