Fat nation : a history of obesity in America / Jonathan Engel.

By:

Engel, Jonathan [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781538117750

Other title:

History of obesity in America

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

RA645 .F386 2018

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Contents:

Whence cometh fat? -- The unwalkable landscape -- Changing lives -- Changing food/changing meals -- Addicted to food -- Finding the off switch -- Exercise, drugs, and surgery -- Self control -- Disparate impacts -- What is to be done?

Subject: The estimated annual health care cost of obesity-related illness in the United States is 190 billion, with countless more costs in lost mobility, vigor, and life-years. Here, Jonathan Engel reviews the sources of the problem as they have developed over the past 70 years and offers a realistic plan for helping address obesity.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

An old problem -- Whence cometh fat? -- The unwalkable landscape -- Changing lives -- Changing food/changing meals -- Addicted to food -- Finding the off switch -- Exercise, drugs, and surgery -- Self control -- Disparate impacts -- What is to be done?

The estimated annual health care cost of obesity-related illness in the United States is 190 billion, with countless more costs in lost mobility, vigor, and life-years. Here, Jonathan Engel reviews the sources of the problem as they have developed over the past 70 years and offers a realistic plan for helping address obesity.

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