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Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World | Greg Critser
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In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly alarming book. Critser investigates the many factors of American life -- from supersize to Super Mario, from high-fructose corn syrup to the high cost of physical education in schools -- that have converged and conspired to make us some of the fattest people on the planet. He also explains why pediatricians are treating conditions rarely before noticed in children, why Type 2 diabetes is on the rise, and how agribusiness has unwittingly altered the American diet.
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Panpan

This was my #bookspin for July. It was well-written I thought, and had some interesting aspects, but of course it is a bit outdated (published 2003). The little he says about PCOS was, as far as I know, incorrect, which annoyed me a bit, but maybe less was known about this 17 years ago... Read it as part of Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, if not for that I would probably never have picked it up 😉

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