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Author Finkelstein, Eric.

Title The fattening of America : how the economy makes us fat, if it matters, and what to do about it / Eric A. Finkelstein, Laurie Zuckerman
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2008]
©2008

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Description xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction : answering the age-old question : why is Uncle Al so fat? -- Ch. 1. Craze or crisis? -- Ch. 2. I'll take a deep-fried Coca-Cola -- Ch. 3. Why we're moving less (hint : it's not just the La-Z-Boy) -- Ch. 4. So where else can we lay the blame? -- Ch. 5. Beware : moral hazard -- Ch. 6. So we're fat - who cares? -- Ch. 7. The role of government -- Ch. 8. Weighing the public policy issues (for adults) -- Ch. 9. Weighing the public policy issues (for kids) -- Ch. 10. The employer's dilemma -- Ch. 11. The ObesEconomy -- Ch. 12. How to lose weight like an economist
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Obesity -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Author Zuckerman, Laurie, 1972-
LC no. 2007029932
ISBN 9780470124666 cloth
0470124660 cloth