The world is fat : the fads, trends, policies, and products that are fattening the human race / Barr...
The world is fat : the fads, trends, policies, and products that are fattening the human race / Barr...
The world is fat : the fads, trends, policies, and products that are fattening the human race / Barry Popkin.
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Publisher
New York : Avery, c2009.
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N362.19639/9
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English
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Physical content
229 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
A brief history of the modern diet -- We are what we drink -- On movement -- The world is flat, and fat -- The big problems of a fat world -- Nothing to see here: the food industry's role in causing and solving the problem -- What can we do?
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Publisher
New York : Avery, c2009.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
"For more than three decades Barry Popkin has been spearheading research on how lifestyle changes affect the body composition of people around the world, His long-term studies have followed the spread of obesity across six continents, In The World Is Fat, he compares how we live today with how we lived half a century ago, through the stories of tou...
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The world is fat : the fads, trends, policies, and products that are fattening the human race / Barry Popkin.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-222) and index.
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c2009.
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N362.19639/9
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74VM0Aqw0OBO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0Aqw0OBO
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ISBN
9781583333136
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362.196398
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991001823099702626
