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Fat land how americans became the fattest people in the world greg critser on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers in this astonishing expose journalist greg critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of americans are now overweight critsers sharp eyed reportage and sharp tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly alarming book. Greg critser fat land how americans became the fattest people in the world 2004university of california press houghton mifflin company boston massachusetts usa224 pp 2400 isbn 0 618 16472 3 hardcover we are in the midst of a national obesity crisis and americans are getting heavier . When this book first came out in 2003 it was an eye opener and i can see why critser traces the roots of how so many americans became so obese and its a complicated maze of changing diet fads changing child rearing ideas fast food conniving school lunch deterioration families who dont have time to sit down to a meal or who eat out all the time the invention of high fructose corn . James o hill a physiologist at the university of colorados health sciences center once said that becoming obese was a normal response to the american environment greg critser a reduced fatso himself sets out to explore this claim using many of the findings about obesity in america that . Fat land how americans became the fattest people in the world by greg critser email x critics opinion critser vividly describes the physical suffering that comes from being fat he shows how the poor become the fattest victimized above all by the lack of awareness as more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people