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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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Language
English
Pages
306

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

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Genre
Humor.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/9398
Library of Congress
TX370 .S68 2005, TX370.S68 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
306 p. ;
Number of pages
306

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17922493M
Internet Archive
donteatthisbookf0000spur
ISBN 10
0399152601
LCCN
2005043196
OCLC/WorldCat
57694996
Library Thing
18410
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
855000

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