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Supersizing urban America : how inner cities got fast food with government help / Chin Jou.
LIBRA RA645.O23 J68 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jou, Chin, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Social aspects--United States.
- Obesity.
- Convenience foods--Social aspects--United States.
- Convenience foods.
- Convenience foods--Economic aspects--United States.
- Fast food restaurants--United States--History.
- Fast food restaurants.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- Urban policy.
- History.
- African Americans.
- Food.
- Convenience foods--Social aspects.
- Obesity--Social aspects.
- United States.
- African Americans--Food.
- Nutrition policy--United States.
- Nutrition policy.
- Urban policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Fast Foods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity.
- Fast Foods.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 259 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction: combating obesity and subsidizing fast food expansion
- Solving urban challenges through fast food
- Searching for new urban markets
- Creating fast food cities with government help
- Diversifying out of necessity
- Shoring up the urban market
- Making sense of recent fast food policies
- Unpacking links between fast food and obesity
- Conclusion: proposing solutions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226921921
- 0226921921
- OCLC:
- 946277504
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