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Saving Gotham : a billionaire mayor, activist doctors, and the fight for eight million lives / Tom Farley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farley, Tom (Tom Alexander), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--New York (State)--New York.
- Public health.
- Chronic diseases.
- Medical policy.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Medical policy--New York (State)--New York.
- Chronic diseases--New York (State)--New York--Prevention.
- Health Policy.
- New York City.
- Public Health--methods.
- Chronic Disease--prevention & control.
- Environmental Health.
- Preventive Health Services.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Policy.
- New York City.
- Public Health--methods.
- Chronic Disease--prevention & control.
- Environmental Health.
- Preventive Health Services.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 310 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- Contents:
- "Things are going to get really exciting"
- "I need a one pager on lives saved"
- "I thought, this nutrition stuff is so controversial..."
- "We were failing and we didn't know why, and we had to succeed."
- "Are you sure this will save lives?"
- "I just went on a field trip to Dunkin' Donuts."
- "Now, for the first time ever, she could see for herself."
- "There's no doubt our kids drink way too much soda."
- "In the end, it's just ketchup."
- "All I could think of was, welcome to New York"
- "They can't even be bothered to sue us?"
- "We were outgunned."
- "Would you like us to say, 'That's not our responsibility'?"
- "We are in a coalition with major food companies for one reason only; that is, access to power."
- "They always had two nuclear weapons."
- "I hear that your Mayor wants to ban soda!"
- "The NSRI's success is far from guaranteed"
- "This is an attack on small business."
- "It keeps me up at night."
- "That is, ultimately, government's highest duty.".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0393071243
- 9780393071245
- OCLC:
- 910948491
- Publisher Number:
- 99964650307
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