World Is Fat The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race

Name: World Is Fat The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race
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ISBN: 9781583333815

ISBN-10: 1583333819

ISBN-13: 9781583333815

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barry Popkin

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"Fast Food Nation" meets "The World Is Flat" in this eye-opening look at the obesity epidemic. Popkin argues that the fattening of the human race is not simply about food; rather, it is a result of an unprecedented collision of human biology with modern lifestyle trends.

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List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction



A Brief History of the Modern Diet



We Are What We Drink



On Movement



The World Is Flat-and Fat



The Big Problems of a Fat World



Nothing to See Here: The Food Industry's Role in Causing and Solving the Problem



What Can We Do?


Acknowledgments


Sources and References


Index