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Don't eat this book

fast food and the supersizing of America

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Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary film, Super Size Me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by his experiment, during which he gained twenty-five pounds, his blood pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared. But this story goes far beyond his own "Mc-Sickness": he traveled across the country, into schools, hospitals, and people's homes, to investigate school lunch programs, the marketing of fast food, and the declining emphasis on health and physical education. He interviewed experts in medicine, nutrition, law, and marketing. He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and ultimately seductive, and what Americans can do to turn the rising tide of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes that have accompanied its ever-growing popularity.

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Berkley Books
Language
English
Pages
308

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Don't eat this book: fast food and the supersizing of America
2006, Berkley Books
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Don't Eat This Book
January 2006, Listening Library
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
May 1, 2006, Berkley Trade
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Don't Eat This Book
May 19, 2005, Penguin Audio
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Don't eat this book: fast food and the supersizing of America
2005, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Putnam Adult
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Don't Eat This Book
May 19, 2005, Penguin Highbridge (Aud)
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
May 19, 2005, Putnam Adult
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December 2005, Books On Tape
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Don't Eat This Book
May 26, 2005, Penguin Books Ltd

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Includes bibliographical references.

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New York

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Pagination
308 p. ;
Number of pages
308

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Open Library
OL18398110M
Internet Archive
donteatthisbookf00spur
ISBN 10
0425210235
OCLC/WorldCat
68044804
Library Thing
18410
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100934

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