Fat Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fat Land write by Greg Critser. This book was released on 2004-01-05. Fat Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the ‘fat boom’ in America.” —TheBoston 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
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity write by . This book was released on 2001. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.
Fat Nation
Fat Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fat Nation write by Jonathan Engel. This book was released on 2018-11-30. Fat Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The diet and weight-loss industry is worth $66 billion – billion!! The estimated annual health care costs of obesity-related illness are 190 billion or nearly 21% of annual medical spending in the United States. But how did we get here? Is this a battle we can’t win? What changes need to be made in order to scale back the incidence of obesity in the US, and, indeed, around the world? Here, Jonathan Engel reviews the sources of the problem and offers the science behind our modern propensity toward obesity. He offers a plan for helping address the problem, but admits that it is, indeed, an uphill battle. Nevertheless, given the magnitude of the costs in years of life and vigor lost, it is a battle worth fighting. Fat Nation is a social history of obesity in the United States since the second World War. In confronting this familiar topic from a historical perspective, Jonathan Engel attempts to show that obesity is a symptom of complex changes that have transpired over the past half century to our food, our living habits, our life patterns, our built environments, and our social interactions. He offers readers solid grounding in the known science underlying obesity (genetic set points, complex endocrine feedback loops, neurochemical messengering) but then makes the novel argument that obesity is a result of the interaction of our genes with our environment. That is, our bodies have always been programmed to become obese, but until recently never had the opportunity to do so. Now, with cheap calories ubiquitous (particularly in the form of sucrose), unwalkable physical spaces, deteriorating rituals and norms surrounding eating, and the withering of cooking skills, nearly every American daily confronts the challenge of not putting on weight. Given the outcomes, though, for those who are obese, Engel encourages us to address the problems and offers suggestions to help remedy the problem.
Fat in the Fifties
Fat in the Fifties - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fat in the Fifties write by Nicolas Rasmussen. This book was released on 2019-03-26. Fat in the Fifties available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fat in the Fifties is required reading for public health practitioners and researchers, physicians, historians of medicine, and anyone concerned about weight and weight loss.
The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation, 2010
The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation, 2010 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation, 2010 write by . This book was released on 2010. The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation, 2010 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 2001 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, warned of the negative effects of the increasing weight of American citizens and outlined a public health response to reverse the trend. The Surgeon General plans to strengthen and expand this blueprint for action created by her predecessor. Although the country has made some strides since 2001, the prevalence of obesity, obesity-related diseases, and premature death remains too high.
