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Food Fight
The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
Katherine Battle Horgen
14 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $88
"Download on demand" available
The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
Katherine Battle Horgen
14 CPEU or CE hours
Course: $108
Includes book & CE exam
CE exam only: $88
"Download on demand" available
Description
The most penetrating look yet at the enemy-the toxic food environment-and the havoc it is wreaking on the health of our nation. A staggering 65 percent of Americans are overweight.
Obesity now surpasses smoking in health-care costs and impact on chronic illness and is on the rise in every country in the world. It is spurred on by thousands of years of evolution that have crafted humans into beings that seek our sugar, fat, and calories and is caused by a toxic food environment that offers up food as never before. Food is available virtually everywhere and at any time. It is cheap, sold in ways to maximize consumption, engineered with fat, sugar, and flavors to exploit our biological urges, and pushed relentlessly by powerful companies that have influence at the highest levels of government.
The most startling victims are children. The food industry is granted free and unencumbered access to our children, creating conditions where even the most diligent parents have trouble fighting off the toxic influences. Because of this, today's children may be the first in American history to live shorter lives than their parents. We are literally eating ourselves to death, and our government leaders have done almost nothing about it.
In Food Fight, Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., a world expert on obesity, nutrition, and n eating disorders, reveals both the roots of the problem and what might be done. Along with coauthor Katherine Battle Hordenk Ph.D., he traces the subtle convergence of public indifference, corporate opportunism, and tradition that in a few short decades has transformed the American waistline and has created a tidal wave of disease.
The authors offer an unflinching assessment of a culture that feeds its pets better than its children, manipulates children into poor eating habits with toy giveaways and in-school promotions, and makes it nearly impossible for the poor to be healthy. But Food Fight offers good news, too. It is n inspiring call to action from one of the nation's most effective public -health advocates. Dr. Borwnell outlines both public policy initiative is for reversing the trend. He and Dr. Horgen describes steps individuals can take to help safeguard their own and their families' health. And they offer a workable plan for improving individual and family eating and exercise habits.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0071438726
ISBN-13: 9780071438728
Format: Paperback, 356pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Pub date: 2004
Content
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Biology Mismatched with The Modern World
1. Big Food, Big Money, Big People
2. Dietary Mayhem: What We Eat, Why We Eat, and the Impact
3. Spreading the American Gospel: on the Way to an Obese World Part
2. The Toxic Environment
4. Exercise Mayhem: Unendangering Physical Activity
5. Television, Movies, Celebrities, and the Seduction of Children
6. Junk Food 101: Schools, Commercialism, and Unhealthy Eating
7. Soft Drinks 102: Schools and Unhealthy Beverages
8. Portions the Size of Cleveland
9. The Inexorable Economic March to Obesity
Part 3. Changing Things
10. The Food Industry and a National Nutrition Crisis: Trustworthy Ally or Troublesome Adversary?
11. Taking Decisive Action
Summary of Recommended Action
Notes
Index
Book authors
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert on eating disorders and obesity. He is a psychology professor at Yale university. Where he also serves as the director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. He has received numerous prestigious honors and awards for his work, and he is author of thirteen courses and more than two hundred articles, on of which was listed as one of the most frequently cited papers in psychology. Dr. Brownell has appeared on "Good Morning America," "Today," "20/20," "Nova," and on NPR and various network news programs and is frequently quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Katherine Battle Horgen, Ph.D., consults with the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders and has written extensively on public health approaches to obesity.
Reviews
"Food Fight is a blueprint for the nation taking action on the obesity crisis. In his analysis, Brownell is balanced but bold, courageous, and creative. A public health landmark." - David A. Kessler, M.D., Dean, Yale School of Medicine, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
"We are indeed involved in a food fight. It is a fight for the health of American-especially our children. This course provides much of the necessary ammunition to win this fight." - David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., former Surgeon General, Director of the National Center for Primary Care, morehouse School of Medicine
"Provides a compelling approach to reverse the obesity epidemic now gripping our nation. Anyone concerned about this crisis, and that should included all Americans, will find this course enlightening." - Walter C. Willett, M.D., Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
1080 Legislation, public policy
4000 Wellness and public health
4080 Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
5370 Weight management, obesity
8010 Child and adult food programs
8110 School foodservice
The most penetrating look yet at the enemy-the toxic food environment-and the havoc it is wreaking on the health of our nation. A staggering 65 percent of Americans are overweight.
Obesity now surpasses smoking in health-care costs and impact on chronic illness and is on the rise in every country in the world. It is spurred on by thousands of years of evolution that have crafted humans into beings that seek our sugar, fat, and calories and is caused by a toxic food environment that offers up food as never before. Food is available virtually everywhere and at any time. It is cheap, sold in ways to maximize consumption, engineered with fat, sugar, and flavors to exploit our biological urges, and pushed relentlessly by powerful companies that have influence at the highest levels of government.
The most startling victims are children. The food industry is granted free and unencumbered access to our children, creating conditions where even the most diligent parents have trouble fighting off the toxic influences. Because of this, today's children may be the first in American history to live shorter lives than their parents. We are literally eating ourselves to death, and our government leaders have done almost nothing about it.
In Food Fight, Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., a world expert on obesity, nutrition, and n eating disorders, reveals both the roots of the problem and what might be done. Along with coauthor Katherine Battle Hordenk Ph.D., he traces the subtle convergence of public indifference, corporate opportunism, and tradition that in a few short decades has transformed the American waistline and has created a tidal wave of disease.
The authors offer an unflinching assessment of a culture that feeds its pets better than its children, manipulates children into poor eating habits with toy giveaways and in-school promotions, and makes it nearly impossible for the poor to be healthy. But Food Fight offers good news, too. It is n inspiring call to action from one of the nation's most effective public -health advocates. Dr. Borwnell outlines both public policy initiative is for reversing the trend. He and Dr. Horgen describes steps individuals can take to help safeguard their own and their families' health. And they offer a workable plan for improving individual and family eating and exercise habits.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0071438726
ISBN-13: 9780071438728
Format: Paperback, 356pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Pub date: 2004
Content
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Biology Mismatched with The Modern World
1. Big Food, Big Money, Big People
2. Dietary Mayhem: What We Eat, Why We Eat, and the Impact
3. Spreading the American Gospel: on the Way to an Obese World Part
2. The Toxic Environment
4. Exercise Mayhem: Unendangering Physical Activity
5. Television, Movies, Celebrities, and the Seduction of Children
6. Junk Food 101: Schools, Commercialism, and Unhealthy Eating
7. Soft Drinks 102: Schools and Unhealthy Beverages
8. Portions the Size of Cleveland
9. The Inexorable Economic March to Obesity
Part 3. Changing Things
10. The Food Industry and a National Nutrition Crisis: Trustworthy Ally or Troublesome Adversary?
11. Taking Decisive Action
Summary of Recommended Action
Notes
Index
Book authors
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert on eating disorders and obesity. He is a psychology professor at Yale university. Where he also serves as the director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. He has received numerous prestigious honors and awards for his work, and he is author of thirteen courses and more than two hundred articles, on of which was listed as one of the most frequently cited papers in psychology. Dr. Brownell has appeared on "Good Morning America," "Today," "20/20," "Nova," and on NPR and various network news programs and is frequently quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Katherine Battle Horgen, Ph.D., consults with the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders and has written extensively on public health approaches to obesity.
Reviews
"Food Fight is a blueprint for the nation taking action on the obesity crisis. In his analysis, Brownell is balanced but bold, courageous, and creative. A public health landmark." - David A. Kessler, M.D., Dean, Yale School of Medicine, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
"We are indeed involved in a food fight. It is a fight for the health of American-especially our children. This course provides much of the necessary ammunition to win this fight." - David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., former Surgeon General, Director of the National Center for Primary Care, morehouse School of Medicine
"Provides a compelling approach to reverse the obesity epidemic now gripping our nation. Anyone concerned about this crisis, and that should included all Americans, will find this course enlightening." - Walter C. Willett, M.D., Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
1080 Legislation, public policy
4000 Wellness and public health
4080 Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
5370 Weight management, obesity
8010 Child and adult food programs
8110 School foodservice
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