Is the Western Diet Making the World Sick?

By Susan C. Hunnicut

Book Overview

With globalization, the Western diet, and particularly the American diet, is rapidly overtaking local diets around the world. Due to a reliance on sugars and fats, this diet has created major health problems for previously healthy populations. Diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are just a few directly-related maladies. This anthology looks at the key facts and ideas underpinning this phenomenon. Experts weigh in on the effects and consequences of the Western diet.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737761911
• ISBN13: 9780737761917
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12