The World Is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race

Barry Popkin (See All Contributors)

Hardcover, 240 pages

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
December 26, 2008

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About this edition:

ISBN13: 9781583333136

ISBN: 1583333134

BINC: 9346344

Age: 18 and up

About the book:

Description: "Fast Food Nation" meets "The World Is Flat" in this eye-opening look at the obesity epidemic. Popkin argues that the fattening of the human race is not simply about food; rather, it is a result of an unprecedented collision of human biology with modern lifestyle trends.

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Author: Barry Popkin