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The World Is Fat by Barry Popkin

The World Is Fat

The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race

The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fatteningthe Human Race

By Barry Popkin

By Barry Popkin

By Barry Popkin

By Barry Popkin

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Category: Politics | Business

Category: Politics | Business

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Dec 29, 2009 | ISBN 9781583333815

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    About The World Is Fat

    A compelling look at the global trends that have led to today’s obesity crisis

    The planet’s 1.6 billion overweight people by far outnumber the 700 million who are undernourished. This figure would have seemed ludicrous just fifty years ago. As a result of unprecedented trends in technology, globalization, government policy, and the food industry that are changing how we eat, drink, and move, we now live in a world populated by overweight people with debilitating health problems.

    In this fascinating look at the striking changes in both our lifestyles and food system since World War II, Barry Popkin shows how present options for eating and drinking- especially when combined with a dramatic reduction in physical activity-are clashing with millions of years of evolution to fatten the human race. Popkin argues that widespread obesity-and the chronic health problems that contribute to the bulk of deaths in the world-is less a result of poor dietary choices than about a hi-tech, interconnected world in which governments and multinational corporations have extraordinary power to shape our everyday lives.

    About The World Is Fat

    A compelling look at the global trends that have led to today’s obesity crisis

    The planet’s 1.6 billion overweight people by far outnumber the 700 million who are undernourished. This figure would have seemed ludicrous just fifty years ago. As a result of unprecedented trends in technology, globalization, government policy, and the food industry that are changing how we eat, drink, and move, we now live in a world populated by overweight people with debilitating health problems.

    In this fascinating look at the striking changes in both our lifestyles and food system since World War II, Barry Popkin shows how present options for eating and drinking- especially when combined with a dramatic reduction in physical activity-are clashing with millions of years of evolution to fatten the human race. Popkin argues that widespread obesity-and the chronic health problems that contribute to the bulk of deaths in the world-is less a result of poor dietary choices than about a hi-tech, interconnected world in which governments and multinational corporations have extraordinary power to shape our everyday lives.

    About Barry Popkin

    Barry Popkin is the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and director of the UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Center. His U.S. research program focuses on understanding dietary and physical activity behaviors,… More about Barry Popkin

    About Barry Popkin

    Barry Popkin is the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and director of the UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Center. His U.S. research program focuses on understanding dietary and physical activity behaviors,… More about Barry Popkin

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    Category: Politics | Business

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Avery
    Dec 29, 2009 | 240 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781583333815

    Category: Politics | Business

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Avery
    Dec 26, 2008 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9781440661754

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    Table Of Contents

    The World is FatIntroduction

    1. A Brief History of the Modern Diet
    2. We Are What We Drink
    3. On Movement
    4. The World Is Flat—and Fat
    5. The Big Problems of a Fat World
    6. Nothing to See Here: The Food Industry’s Role in Causing and Solving the Problem
    7. What Can We Do?

    Acknowledgments
    Sources and References
    Index

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