Book : Fat Land How Americans Became The Fattest People In..

-Titulo Original : Fat Land How Americans Became The Fattest People In The World

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Mariner Books

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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. Critsers 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. Review Highly readable. -The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book ReviewAn in-depth, well-researched, and thoughtful exploration of the fat boom in America. -- Boston Globe Boston GlobeGreg Critser shows how obesity has become the United States leading social issue. -San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco ChronicleReading this book will take ten pounds right off you. -- Vanity Fair Vanity Fair[An] absorbing volume, of living large. -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times The New York TimesA fluidly written, riveting tale . . .[an] impassioned, graphic account. -- Heller McAlpin, Newsday NewsdayInteresting and provocative . . . A lively book . . . Critser is rightly incensed. -- Laura Miller, Salon Salon “Just perusing the book, and seeing the [obesity] problem presented in such an articulate and lucid manner, can’t help but make more informed food consumers out of readers.” -- Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times “One scary book and a good companion to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. Consider it Critser’s cry of ‘Watch it, Fatso!’ to our bloated nation.” -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Urgent and easily digested . . ..Critser lays out the smorgasbord of cultural and economic ingredients that combine to make fatness as American as a deep-fried apple fritter.” -- San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego Union-Tribune“Incisive . . .The book makes you slightly ill at the notion of an overfed wasteland.” -- Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer - About the Author GREG CRITSER is a longtime chronicler of the modern pharmaceutical industry and the politics of medicine. His columns and essays on the subject have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, and elsewhere. Critser is the author of Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World (Houghton Mifflin), which the American Diabetes Association called “the definitive journalistic account of the modern obesity epidemic.” He lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Antoinette Mongelli. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Fat LandHow Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldBy Greg CritserMariner BooksCopyright © 2004 Greg CritserAll right reserved.ISBN: 0618380604Excerpt INTRODUCTIONObesity is the dominant unmet global health issue, with Western countries topping the list.- World Health OrganizationSet the soul of thy son aright, and all the rest will be added hereafter!- Saint John ChrysostomThis book is not a memoir, but it is undeniably grounded in a singular personal experience. My experience was not, for those hoping for something juicy, a moment of childhood drama. Nor was it anything that led to any form of spiritual or true psychological revelation. Compared to the harrowing tribulations that so much of the worlds population endures, it was, when all is said and done, rather mundane and petty. Here it is: Some guy called me fatso. Specifically, he screamed: Watch it, fatso! Here I should note that I deserved the abuse; after all, I had opened my car door into a busy street without looking into my side mirror first, and so had nearly decapitated the poor fel