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Fat Land by Greg Critser

Fat Land

How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World

by Greg Critser
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  • Jan 1, 2003, 224 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jan 2004, 256 pages
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Leilani

The book is informative, but not all of America is obese. What about those thousands of teenage girls who suffer from eating disorders? I myself developed an eating disorder because of these constant claims of America becoming too fat. What about all the good things being done to counteract these claims?
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