Over the past twenty years, obesity has risen in the United States to epidemic proportions. Today, over sixty percent of Americans are overweight, and over one in four is obese. This book examines the cultural contradictions that underlie this massive transformation. Oliver's highly readable yet carefully documented book addresses the meaning of ...
Type One diabetes is a genetic deficiency wherein the body does not produce its own insulin. The much more common Type Two diabetes is, on the other hand, usually the result of obesity and is quickly becoming an epidemic, especially in North America. Endocrinologist Francine Kaufman's book addresses the issue with passion and concern that ...
Although Americans worship youth and beauty, we are aging rapidly. Death by Supermarket makes a compelling case that the epidemic of obesity and degenerative and neurological diseases in the US is the result of a new form of malnutrition. Since World War II, factory produced food, diets, and drugs have caused a new type of malnutrition that ...
In Europe, where low-fat desserts and diet drinks are rare, people are leaner. Are we getting the wrong message? Going a step beyond bestsellers like "The Zone" and "The 5 Day Miracle Diet, The Fat of the Land" examines the roots of our obesity crisis and what science really says about dieting in this thinking person's guide to weight loss.
A whimsical collection of observations on the American condition cites such statistical information as the amount that is spent annually on beer, the number of pounds of candy consumed by the average person, and the percentage of people who believe that aliens live among us.
During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated 30% of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only 15% were. This book offers practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity. The book is structured in four main sections. The first section considers issues ...
This text describes the deeply entrenched biological and cultural forces that lead Americans to over-eat and become physically inactive, and outlines creative, innovative and controversial solutions to the problem. The book has three main themes: an expose of a culture that feeds its pets better than its people, that targets poorer people as a ...
Through narrative text, poetry, essays, photos and drawings, this sociological memoir is about being fat and the physical, emotional and economic costs of trying to pass for thin in a culture that stigmatizes fat people.
The number of obese individuals has skyrocketed in the last two decades. It is becoming more evident that obesity is not just an effect of personal choices, but influenced by many outside factors. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations, this title examines the causes of obesity, how it can be prevented and ...
Obesity costs our society billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses, roughly half of which the federal government pays through Medicare and Medicaid. We know that obesity plagues the poor more than the nonpoor and poor women more than poor men. Poor women make up the majority of adult welfare recipients - coincidence or ...
This book offers an authoritative analysis of the effects that obesity is having on the health and the economic and social well-being of the United States, with a focus on controversies and informed action. Obesity is America's number one health risk, affecting three out of ten people; nearly two-thirds of the adult population. However, the United ...
With engineers working around the clock to figure out how to add "irresistibility" and "whoosh" to food, and the ever-expanding choices (and portions) available to us, it's no wonder we've become a culture on caloric overload. But with obesity rising at alarming rates, we're in desperate need of dietary intervention. In The End of Overeating, Dr. ...
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