Fat Land
How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
Published on 1. November 2017
240 pages
978-0-547-52668-3 (ISBN)
Description
"An in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the 'fat boom' in America." -
The
Boston Globe
Low carb, high protein, raw foods... despite our seemingly endless obsession with fad diets, the startling truth is that six out of ten Americans are overweight or obese. In Fat Land, award-winning nutrition and health journalist Greg Critser examines the facts and societal factors behind the sensational headlines, taking on everything from supersize to Super Mario, high-fructose corn syrup to the high costs of physical education.
With a sharp eye and even sharper tongue, Critser examines why pediatricians are now treating conditions rarely seen in children before; why type 2 diabetes is on the rise; the personal struggles of those with weight problems-especially among the poor-and how agribusiness has altered our waistlines.
Praised by the New York Times as "absorbing" and by Newsday as "riveting," this disarmingly funny, yet truly alarming, exposé stands as an important examination of one of the most pressing medical and social issues in the United States.
"One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Low carb, high protein, raw foods... despite our seemingly endless obsession with fad diets, the startling truth is that six out of ten Americans are overweight or obese. In Fat Land, award-winning nutrition and health journalist Greg Critser examines the facts and societal factors behind the sensational headlines, taking on everything from supersize to Super Mario, high-fructose corn syrup to the high costs of physical education.
With a sharp eye and even sharper tongue, Critser examines why pediatricians are now treating conditions rarely seen in children before; why type 2 diabetes is on the rise; the personal struggles of those with weight problems-especially among the poor-and how agribusiness has altered our waistlines.
Praised by the New York Times as "absorbing" and by Newsday as "riveting," this disarmingly funny, yet truly alarming, exposé stands as an important examination of one of the most pressing medical and social issues in the United States.
"One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation." - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Greg Critser is a longtime chronicler of the modern pharmaceutical industry and the politics of medicine. His columns and essays on the subject have appeared in
Harper's Magazine,
USA Today, the
Wall Street Journal, the
Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Critser is the author of
Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, which the American Diabetes Association called "the definitive journalistic account of the modern obesity epidemic." He lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Antoinette Mongelli.
Content
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Up Up Up!
- Supersize Me
- World Without Boundaries
- Why The Calories Stayed On Our Bodies
- What Fat Is, What Fat Isn't
- What the Extra Calories Do to You
- What Can Be Done
- Appendix: Fat Land Facts
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
