Food Fight
The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It
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This text describes the deeply entrenched biological and cultural forces that lead Americans to over-eat and become physically inactive, and outlines creative, innovative and controversial solutions to the problem. better than its people, that targets poorer people as a market for high-calorie, low-nutrient junk food, and that allows children to be manipulated into eating poor diets through toy giveaways and in-school promotions; a call to action for social and policy change; and a workable plan to improve individual health and that of one's family with recommendations and controversial stances.
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Food Fight, Kelly D. Brownell, Katherine Battle Horgen
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Food Fight
- Subtitle
- The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0071402500
- ISBN13
- 9780071402507
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Business, Business & Management, Self-Help, Medicine, Cookbooks, Food & Drinks, References & Manuals, Economics, Health, USA, Health & Fitness, Food, Sociology, Nutrition & Diets, Diets, Weight Loss, Fitness, Obesity
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- This text describes the deeply entrenched biological and cultural forces that lead Americans to over-eat and become physically inactive, and outlines creative, innovative and controversial solutions to the problem. better than its people, that targets poorer people as a market for high-calorie, low-nutrient junk food, and that allows children to be manipulated into eating poor diets through toy giveaways and in-school promotions; a call to action for social and policy change; and a workable plan to improve individual health and that of one's family with recommendations and controversial stances.