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Fat Nation: A History of Obesity in America

Fat Nation: A History of Obesity in America

Engel, Jonathan

Hardcover

Diet & NutritionPublic HealthGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1538117746
ISBN13: 9781538117743
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Nov 30 2018
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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.

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