AdditionsDirect Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People In the World Author: Greg Critser Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours Delivery is subject to warehouse availability. Shipping delays may occur if we receive more orders than stock. Our Price: $37.95 Our Sale Price: $26.56 Savings: $11.39 (30%) Ordering is 100% secure . Spend $39 or more at chapters.indigo.ca and your order ships free!. ( Details ) ISBN: 0618164723 Published: January 2003 | Published by Houghton Mifflin From the Publisher What in American society has changed so dramatically to make nearly 60 percent of us overweight? Can we fix what the surgeon general calls a national “epidemic of obesity”? Greg Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine how we have made ourselves the second fattest people on the planet (after South Sea Islanders). Fat Land grapples with the expanding American waistline by tracing surprising connections among class, politics, culture, and economics. With groundbreaking research, Critser also investigates the dark metabolic underside of cheap fats and sugars and how their calories stick. Incisive, discerning, and disarmingly funny, Fat Land leaves no diet book unturned; fashion, religion, fitness standards, and baby boom parenting are all subject to Critser’s sharp eye. He looks at the very personal stories of scores of health professionals, their patients, and individuals who don’t receive medical attention. Finally, Fat Land is a chilling but brilliantly rendered portrait of the cost in human lives — many of them very young lives — of America’s obesity epidemic. Info Desk iREWARDS Program About Our Company Affiliate Opportunities Careers Contact Us Corporate Sales Gift Certificates Privacy Policy Shipping Rates Store Locations Wish List chapters.indigo.ca: books Shopping Bag | Account Centre | Wish List | Help iREWARDS Program | Corporate Sales | Store Locations All Products Books DVD Video Gifts Books Advanced Search Search Tips About this Book From the Publisher Current Events Homelessness International Mass Media Military Peace Political Browse Books View all Categories . Books at Chapters and Chapters Bookstore Chapters Hours • Chapters Indigo Com • Chapters Kelowna • Indigo Canada • Chapters Home Page • Canadian Jewellery Stores • Chapters Book Store • Chapters Book Store • Chapters Sudbury • Chapters Online Store • Coles Bookstore • Chaptersbooks • Indigo Canada • Chapters Store Locations • Indigo Online Bookstore • Chapters London • Chapters Pointe Claire • Indigobooks • Chapters Indigo Online • www Chapters Indigo Com • Chapters Bookstore Online • Chapters Canada • Chapters Indigo Ca Coupons • www.Chapters Indigo • Chapters Book Store Ottawa • . For more used books and discount textbooks at Chapters Canada online bookstore, follow this link.