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Fat land : how Americans became the fattest people in the world / Greg Critser.
Van Pelt Library RA645.O23 C75 2003
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LIBRA RA645.O23 C75 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Critser, Greg, 1954-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--United States.
- Obesity.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
- Summary:
- Critser engages every aspect of American life to determine how Americans have made themselves 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0618164723
- OCLC:
- 50494981
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