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Heavy! : the surprising reasons America is the land of the free-- and the home of the fat
- Title
- Heavy! : the surprising reasons America is the land of the free-- and the home of the fat / Richard B. McKenzie.
- Author
- McKenzie, Richard B.
- Publication
- Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | RA645.O23 M35 2012 | Off-site |
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- Springer eBooks
- Description
- xvi, 325 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In Heavy! Professor McKenzie addresses 'the coming fat (policy) war' over proposed fat taxes and bans, making the case for heavy people bearing the full burden of their weight-related costs. America has become the heaviest country in the world. This book lays out the unheralded, mainly economic reasons for the country's weight gain, which include--believe it or not--the growth in world trade freedom, the downfall of communism, and the rise of women's liberation. The consequences of this trend are a HEAVY! burden as well, resulting in greater emissions of greenhouse gases, rising health insurance costs and fewer insured Americans, reductions in the wages of heavy people, and requiring reinforced rescue equipment and hospital operating tables.--Publisher description.
- Alternative Title
- Surprising reasons America is the land of the free -- and the home of the fat
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317).
- Contents
- Crowding out -- Fat facts -- Fat gene -- Fat ecomonics -- Fat addiction -- Fat consequences -- Smoking war -- Fat taxes, bans and discrimination -- Dieting for dollars -- Fat freedom.
- ISBN
- 3642201342
- 9783642201349
- 9783642201356
- 3642201350
- LCCN
- 10.1007/978-3-642-20135-6
- OCLC
- ocn723108027
- 723108027
- SCSB-14654827
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library