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How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
by Greg CritserIf you liked Fat Land, try these:
by Michael Moss
Published Feb 2014
Read ReviewsThe explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic.
by Jonathan Bloom
Published Aug 2011
Read ReviewsAs more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements.
by Michael Pollan
Published Apr 2009
Read Reviews"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling The Omnivore's Dilemma.
by Morgan Spurlock
Published May 2006
Read ReviewsCan man live on fast food alone? Spurlock tried to do just that for a month during which he gained twenty-five pounds, his blood pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared. In this groundbreaking, hilarious book, Spurlock debuts a wry investigative voice that will appeal to anyone interested in the health of our country, our children...
by Susan Linn
Published Aug 2005
Read ReviewsA shocking exposé of the $15 billion marketing maelstrom aimed at our children and how we can stop it.
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsReveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate stratagems for survival.
by Eric Schlosser
Published Jan 2002
Read ReviewsA groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.
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