Heavy!: The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the Free--And the Home of the Fat

by Richard B. McKenzie

Book Overview

America's emerging "fat war" threatens to pit a shrinking population of trim Americans against an expanding population of heavy Americans in raging policy debates over "fat taxes" and "fat bans." These "fat policies" would be designed to constrain what people eat and drink - and theoretically crimp the growth in Americans' waistlines and in the country's healthcare costs.

Richard McKenzie's HEAVY The Surprising Reasons America...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642201342
• ISBN13: 9783642201349
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"