Fat land : how Americans became the fattest people in the world / Greg Critser.
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TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004, c2003Edition: 1st Mariner Books edDescription: xxi, 232 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 0618380604 (pbk.)Subject(s): Obesity -- United StatesDDC classification: 616.3/98/00973 LOC classification: RA645.O23 | C75 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 362.196398/CRITSER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400054009 |
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"A Mariner book".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-222) and index.
1. Up up up! (or, Where the calories came from) -- 2. Supersize me (who got the calories into our bellies) -- 3. World without boundaries (who let the calories in) -- 4. Why the calories stayed on our bodies -- 5. What fat is, what fat isn't -- 6. What the extra calories do to you -- 7. What can be done.
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