Kerr, Jim.

Diet and obesity / Jim Kerr. - Mankato, Minn. : Sea-to-Sea Publications, c2010. - p. cm. - The world today .

Includes index.

What is obesity? -- A history of obesity -- The obesity epidemic -- The causes of obesity -- A question of genes -- Does modern life cause obesity? -- The health costs of obesity -- The economic costs of obesity -- The misery of obesity -- Food, glorious food! -- Fast food -- Food labelling -- Binge -- Chronic obesity -- Obesity in education -- Eat well, live well.

ISBN: 9781597712002 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2008048177

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Obesity
Food habits

LC Class. No.: RC628 / .K47 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 362.196/398