Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World

Synopsis of Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World

«Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World» is Greg Critser's public health essay in paperback (256 pages, in English).

Journalist Greg Critser investigates why the United States has become one of the countries with the most obese people in the world. He points to factors such as cheap fats and sugars, giant portions, and cuts to school physical education, and analyzes their effect on children's health and the rise of type 2 diabetes.

2004 reprint from Mariner Books with a new preface. Includes bibliographic references and an index.

For readers interested in public health, nutrition, and the social and economic causes of obesity.