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Is your weight hazardous to your health? According to public-health authorities, 65 percent of us are overweight. Every day, we are bombarded with dire warnings about America’s “obesity epidemic.” Close to half of the adult population is dieting, obsessed with achieving an arbitrary “ideal weight.” Yet studies show that a moderately active larger person is likely to be far healthier (and to live longer) than someone who is thin but sedentary. And contrary t… More >>

The Obesity Myth: Why America’s Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health

• ISBN13: 9780970245823
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This book, the result of over 20 years of research, looks at the conditions of obesity, cancer and depression through a new physiological perspective and offers a new approach in preventing and treating these conditions… More >>

Obesity Cancer & Depression: Their Common Cause & Natural Cure

I am doing a research paper on worldwide obesity. And one question that I have to answer in my paper is when did this issue come up? I know when it became a public problem in the United States but does anyone know when obesity came into the public attention worldwide in general? Thank you.

• ISBN13: 9780071438728
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“The evergreen subject of American gluttony and sloth brings out the best in scientist-advocates, and the authors, while drawing on a mountain of statistics and studies, make their indictment both funny and appalling.”
–Publishers Weekly “Brownell and Horgen uncover some of America’s biggest diet hazards and how to avoid them.”
–Self magazine “This is a fascinating, empowering must-read filled with practical ways to take action.”
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Food Fight: The Inside Story of The Food Industry, America’s Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It