The World is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fatteningthe Human Race - Hardcover

Popkin, Barry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1583333134 ISBN 13: 9781583333136

Publisher: Avery, 2008

Synopsis

An evaluation of the growing rates of overweight humans in the modern world contends that obesity is occurring as a result of an unprecedented collision of human biology with trends in technology, globalization, and the food industry, in an account that compares today's lifestyles with those of fifty years ago to identify key influences.

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About the Author:

Barry Popkinis the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina and the director of the UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Center. His research has spanned all continents over the past thirty years. His work has been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, including The New York Times, The Wall Steet Journal, USA Today, and Scientific American.

Review:

aThe global obesity epidemic affects all of us - families, communities, and nations around the world. It's a weighty subject in every way, with dire consequences for well being, life expectancy, and economic productivity in the years ahead unless seriously confronted. "The World is Fat" is compelling reading on this complex and growing societal threat. Dr. Barry Popkin is one of the world's most distinguished experts on obesity, the global food system, and nutrition, with extensive first-hand knowledge of the trends in the U.S., Europe, India, China, and beyond. His writing is remarkably clear and concise, free of jargon, and full of wisdom, balance, and good judgment. His call to action and practical suggestions to individuals, communities, and political leaders, will be read with enormous interest and benefit around the world.a
a Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, author of "The End of Poverty" and "Common Wealth"
aThis personal, warmly sympathetic account of the makings of the global obesity crisis is just what is needed to figure out what to do about it. Popkin is an economist, but a humanistic one, and his humanity shines through in this book.a
aMarion Nestle, author of "What to Eat" and "Food Politics," and professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University
aThe most serious epidemic ever is insidiously engulfing the world. Barry Popkin draws upon his decades of research and experience to describe its originsaand a set of potential solutions. Those interested in the future of mankind should read this book.a
aWalter Willett, author of "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy," and chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard University
aPopkinas research contributions and insights into food and nutrition have inspired scores of scholars. In "The World is Fat," he now inspires parents and consumers about what we can do to help our families and ourselves.a
aBrian Wansink, Ph.D., author of "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think"

About this edition

• Publisher: Avery
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1583333134
• ISBN 13: 9781583333136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240