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Search - Fat Land : How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
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In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly alarming book. Critser investigates the many factors of American life -- from supersize to Super Mario, from high-fructose corn syrup to the high cost of physical education in schools -- that have converged and conspired to make us some of the fattest people on the planet. He also explains why pediatricians are treating conditions rarely before noticed in children, why Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, and how agribusiness has unwittingly altered the American diet.
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Leigh P. (
10 member(s) found this review helpful.
Be prepared for some serious agenda-pushing. The author hits you over the head again and again: Class, not individual choice, is why people are fat. Yet, never once does he offer any evidence to support that.
He wants to blame every corporation, government, and food maker out there, but never ONCE addresses the idea that people can make decisions for themselves about what to eat or not to eat.
He's basically saying this: You're fat because of other people and someone else needs to finance a solution (soon!!) to bring you out of it unless you're rich. You have no responsibility.
Good medical diabetes type 2 horror stories in Chapter 6, though.
Kim H. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent book that will open your eyes to how and why America is gaining an unhealthy amount of weight. The sections on food your child is eating at school is eye-opening!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A little dry in it's style, but very interesting.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Quick and informative...I really enjoyed it.
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