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5. Obesity

The Scourge of Bad Diets and Sedentary Habits
© 2016 Columbia University Press

© 2016 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xvii
  5. I. Mapping an Irregular Terrain
  6. 1. Our Overheating, Fraying Planet 3
  7. 2. Feeding a Growing Population 31
  8. 3. Water 55
  9. 4. Chronic Illness 83
  10. 5. Obesity 105
  11. II. Examining The Pathways Through The Tickets
  12. 6. Always More People and Ever More Elderly 133
  13. 7. The Technology Fix 169
  14. 8. A Volatile Mix 205
  15. 9. Law and Governance 241
  16. III. Toward The Future: Progress, Hope, and Fear
  17. 10. Progress and Its Errant Children 281
  18. 11. The Necessary Coalition 309
  19. Notes 343
  20. Index 377
The Five Horsemen of the Modern World
This chapter is in the book The Five Horsemen of the Modern World
https://doi.org/10.7312/call17702-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xvii
  5. I. Mapping an Irregular Terrain
  6. 1. Our Overheating, Fraying Planet 3
  7. 2. Feeding a Growing Population 31
  8. 3. Water 55
  9. 4. Chronic Illness 83
  10. 5. Obesity 105
  11. II. Examining The Pathways Through The Tickets
  12. 6. Always More People and Ever More Elderly 133
  13. 7. The Technology Fix 169
  14. 8. A Volatile Mix 205
  15. 9. Law and Governance 241
  16. III. Toward The Future: Progress, Hope, and Fear
  17. 10. Progress and Its Errant Children 281
  18. 11. The Necessary Coalition 309
  19. Notes 343
  20. Index 377
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