A big fat crisis : the hidden forces behind the obesity epidemic - and how we can end it / Deborah A. Cohen, MD.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Nation Books [2014]Description: 262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781568589671 (hardback)
- 1568589670
- Obesity -- United States
- Obesity -- Government policy -- United States
- Obesity -- United States -- Prevention
- Overweight persons -- United States -- Social aspects
- Public health -- United States -- Planning
- Illness & addiction: social aspects
- Public health & preventive medicine
- Obesity: treatment & therapy
- 362.196398 COH
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.Human nature and food -- 1.It\'s not your fault -- 2.The limits of self-control -- 3.The overwhelmed brain -- 4.Eating is automatic -- Part II: The food environment -- 5.Abundant and cheap -- 6.A food desert? Try a swamp -- 7.Marketing obesity -- Part III.Analternative vision -- 8.A plea for change: we are all in this together -- 9.A safer food environment -- 10.The supermarket of the futre -- 11.Fit and fat: what about physical activity? -- 12.In the meantime: what individuals can do -- 13.Conclusion.