HEAVY! The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the Free—And the Home of the Fat /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McKenzie, Richard B. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Θέματα: Science.; Business.; Management science.; Medicine.; Literacy.; Law.; Psychology.; Science, general.; Business and Management, general.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Psychology, general.; Law, general.

In HEAVY! Professor McKenzie addresses ‘the coming fat (policy) war’ over proposed fat taxes and bans, making the case for heavy people bearing the full burden of their weight-related costs. America has become the heaviest country in the world. This book lays out the unheralded, mainly economic reas...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 – Crowding Out
• Chapter 2 – Fat Facts
• Chapter 3 – Fat Gene
• Chapter 4 – Fat Economics
• Chapter 5 – Fat Addiction
• Chapter 6 – Fat Consequences
• Chapter 7 – Smoking War
• Chapter 8  – Fat Taxes, Bans, and Discrimination
• Chapter 9 – Dieting for Dollars
• Chapter 10 – Fat Freedom.