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Author: J. Eric Oliver
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ISBN: B004S9CISQ
Category: Medical

Fat Politics:The Real Story behind America's Obesity Epidemic

Our government is telling us that obesity is a major health crisis, that sixty percent of Americans are "overweight," and that one in four is obese. Download Fat Politics medical books for free.
But how true are these claims? In Fat Politics, Eric Oliver unearths the real story behind America's "obesity epidemic." Oliver shows how a handful of doctors, government bureaucrats, and health researchers, with financial backing from the drug and weight-loss industry, have campaigned to misclassify more than sixty million Americans as "overweight," to inflate the health risks of being fat, and to promote the idea that obesity is a killer disease. In reviewing the scientific evidence, Oliver shows there is little proof either that obesity causes so many diseases and deaths or that losing weight Get Fat Politics our bestseller medical books.

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But how true are these claims? In Fat Politics, Eric Oliver unearths the real story behind America's "obesity epidemic In reviewing the scientific evidence, Oliver shows there is little proof either that obesity causes so many diseases and deaths or that losing weight

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