The World is Fat

The World is Fat

The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products that are Fattening the Human Race

by Barry M. Popkin

229 pages· 2009· ISBN 9781583333136
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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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