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The hungry gene the science of fat and the future ofthin

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Soda politics taking on big soda (and winning)

Examines the history of carbonated beverages and the science that says soda is oneof the main contributors to the increase in obesity poor dental hygiene and type-2diabetes in the world today Argues that soda companies have become so politicallypowerful that it is hard to make the dangers of soda known Explores the efforts ofhealth advocacy groups and campaigns to combat Big Soda

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Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

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Advertising

Twelve essays present opposing arguments on whether advertising is harmful andwhether it should be restricted covering such topics as advertisings prevalence theportrayal of minorities underage drinking and childhood obesity

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Fast food

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether eating fast foodand junk food has serious consequences whether toys should be banned from kidsfast-food meals and whether fast-food ads should be banned during childrensprogramming

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Obesity

Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary sourcequotes and statistics on topics including the causes of obesity how it can beprevented if obesity is a matter of personal responsibility and how it should betreated

Binge eating psychological factors symptoms andtreatment

Childhood obesity

This title explores the issues of childhood obesity It examines the role of governmentand the responsibilities of parents It discusses the health care costs of childhoodobesity This title examines fast food food marketing and physical activity as theyrelate to childhood obesity--From the publishers web site

Childhood obesity in America biography of anepidemic

Fast food

Contains eleven articles that provide a varying perspectives on issues that relate tofast food and discusses its link to obesity and other serious health problems thehealthy choices at fast food restaurants the exploitation of farm workers thehumane treatment of animals and other topics

Fat no more a teenagers victory over obesity

The first grandchild born into his family in El Salvador Alberto was showered withattention Soon though he became known as El Gordito the little fat boy By theage of seven he weighed 120 pounds and his pediatrician had started him on a dietBy age nine he had tried ten different diets His life became a vicious cycle of eating toexcess sneaking food and lying to himself and his parents teased by peers andstrangers he ultimately turned into a recluse addicted to food and television Fromthis low point Hidalgo-Robert chronicles how he was able to take hold of his lifereinvent himself and become a model for other teenagers who are battling weightissues This book offers a roadmap for living a healthy life and regaining self-respectand social acceptance Each chapter contains battling tools examples of good andbad behavior and typical self-deceptions in the war to conquer oneself and live ahealthier life

The fattening of America how the economy makes usfat if it matters and what to do about it

Eric Finkelstein is a renowned health economist who has spent much of his careerstudying the economics of obesity Now with the help of coauthor Laurie Zuckermanhe skillfully reveals the economic drivers behind Americas growing obesity epidemic

Food

Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on issues concerning food debatingcontroversies surrounding nutrition the safety of the US food supply if fast andsnack foods are responsible for obesity among youth and if the trend of organic foodsis positive

Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Obesity examines whether or not there is an obesity epidemicif obesity is a disease if society should actively combat obesity and what is causingthe rise in obesity--From the publishers web site

Obesity cultural and biocultural perspectives

In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight public healthand medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens tooverwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally In manysocieties being obese creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturallystigmatized yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesityweight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition Groundedin a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic andecological case studies Obesity shows that the human tendency to become and stayfat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical andsocial realities of modern life Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United StatesMexico and the Pacific Islands the author addresses such critical questions as whyobesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than othersShe suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences canuse community-based research to address the serious public health and social justiceconcerns provoked by the global spread of obesity--Provided by publisher

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 2: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

httpssearchfollettsoftwarecommetasearchrestv2go65951details327834

Advertising

Twelve essays present opposing arguments on whether advertising is harmful andwhether it should be restricted covering such topics as advertisings prevalence theportrayal of minorities underage drinking and childhood obesity

httpssearchfollettsoftwarecommetasearchrestv2go65951details231357

Fast food

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether eating fast foodand junk food has serious consequences whether toys should be banned from kidsfast-food meals and whether fast-food ads should be banned during childrensprogramming

httpssearchfollettsoftwarecommetasearchrestv2go65951details80686

Obesity

Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary sourcequotes and statistics on topics including the causes of obesity how it can beprevented if obesity is a matter of personal responsibility and how it should betreated

Binge eating psychological factors symptoms andtreatment

Childhood obesity

This title explores the issues of childhood obesity It examines the role of governmentand the responsibilities of parents It discusses the health care costs of childhoodobesity This title examines fast food food marketing and physical activity as theyrelate to childhood obesity--From the publishers web site

Childhood obesity in America biography of anepidemic

Fast food

Contains eleven articles that provide a varying perspectives on issues that relate tofast food and discusses its link to obesity and other serious health problems thehealthy choices at fast food restaurants the exploitation of farm workers thehumane treatment of animals and other topics

Fat no more a teenagers victory over obesity

The first grandchild born into his family in El Salvador Alberto was showered withattention Soon though he became known as El Gordito the little fat boy By theage of seven he weighed 120 pounds and his pediatrician had started him on a dietBy age nine he had tried ten different diets His life became a vicious cycle of eating toexcess sneaking food and lying to himself and his parents teased by peers andstrangers he ultimately turned into a recluse addicted to food and television Fromthis low point Hidalgo-Robert chronicles how he was able to take hold of his lifereinvent himself and become a model for other teenagers who are battling weightissues This book offers a roadmap for living a healthy life and regaining self-respectand social acceptance Each chapter contains battling tools examples of good andbad behavior and typical self-deceptions in the war to conquer oneself and live ahealthier life

The fattening of America how the economy makes usfat if it matters and what to do about it

Eric Finkelstein is a renowned health economist who has spent much of his careerstudying the economics of obesity Now with the help of coauthor Laurie Zuckermanhe skillfully reveals the economic drivers behind Americas growing obesity epidemic

Food

Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on issues concerning food debatingcontroversies surrounding nutrition the safety of the US food supply if fast andsnack foods are responsible for obesity among youth and if the trend of organic foodsis positive

Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Obesity examines whether or not there is an obesity epidemicif obesity is a disease if society should actively combat obesity and what is causingthe rise in obesity--From the publishers web site

Obesity cultural and biocultural perspectives

In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight public healthand medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens tooverwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally In manysocieties being obese creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturallystigmatized yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesityweight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition Groundedin a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic andecological case studies Obesity shows that the human tendency to become and stayfat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical andsocial realities of modern life Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United StatesMexico and the Pacific Islands the author addresses such critical questions as whyobesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than othersShe suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences canuse community-based research to address the serious public health and social justiceconcerns provoked by the global spread of obesity--Provided by publisher

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 3: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

Childhood obesity

This title explores the issues of childhood obesity It examines the role of governmentand the responsibilities of parents It discusses the health care costs of childhoodobesity This title examines fast food food marketing and physical activity as theyrelate to childhood obesity--From the publishers web site

Childhood obesity in America biography of anepidemic

Fast food

Contains eleven articles that provide a varying perspectives on issues that relate tofast food and discusses its link to obesity and other serious health problems thehealthy choices at fast food restaurants the exploitation of farm workers thehumane treatment of animals and other topics

Fat no more a teenagers victory over obesity

The first grandchild born into his family in El Salvador Alberto was showered withattention Soon though he became known as El Gordito the little fat boy By theage of seven he weighed 120 pounds and his pediatrician had started him on a dietBy age nine he had tried ten different diets His life became a vicious cycle of eating toexcess sneaking food and lying to himself and his parents teased by peers andstrangers he ultimately turned into a recluse addicted to food and television Fromthis low point Hidalgo-Robert chronicles how he was able to take hold of his lifereinvent himself and become a model for other teenagers who are battling weightissues This book offers a roadmap for living a healthy life and regaining self-respectand social acceptance Each chapter contains battling tools examples of good andbad behavior and typical self-deceptions in the war to conquer oneself and live ahealthier life

The fattening of America how the economy makes usfat if it matters and what to do about it

Eric Finkelstein is a renowned health economist who has spent much of his careerstudying the economics of obesity Now with the help of coauthor Laurie Zuckermanhe skillfully reveals the economic drivers behind Americas growing obesity epidemic

Food

Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on issues concerning food debatingcontroversies surrounding nutrition the safety of the US food supply if fast andsnack foods are responsible for obesity among youth and if the trend of organic foodsis positive

Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Obesity examines whether or not there is an obesity epidemicif obesity is a disease if society should actively combat obesity and what is causingthe rise in obesity--From the publishers web site

Obesity cultural and biocultural perspectives

In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight public healthand medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens tooverwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally In manysocieties being obese creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturallystigmatized yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesityweight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition Groundedin a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic andecological case studies Obesity shows that the human tendency to become and stayfat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical andsocial realities of modern life Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United StatesMexico and the Pacific Islands the author addresses such critical questions as whyobesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than othersShe suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences canuse community-based research to address the serious public health and social justiceconcerns provoked by the global spread of obesity--Provided by publisher

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 4: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

Fat no more a teenagers victory over obesity

The first grandchild born into his family in El Salvador Alberto was showered withattention Soon though he became known as El Gordito the little fat boy By theage of seven he weighed 120 pounds and his pediatrician had started him on a dietBy age nine he had tried ten different diets His life became a vicious cycle of eating toexcess sneaking food and lying to himself and his parents teased by peers andstrangers he ultimately turned into a recluse addicted to food and television Fromthis low point Hidalgo-Robert chronicles how he was able to take hold of his lifereinvent himself and become a model for other teenagers who are battling weightissues This book offers a roadmap for living a healthy life and regaining self-respectand social acceptance Each chapter contains battling tools examples of good andbad behavior and typical self-deceptions in the war to conquer oneself and live ahealthier life

The fattening of America how the economy makes usfat if it matters and what to do about it

Eric Finkelstein is a renowned health economist who has spent much of his careerstudying the economics of obesity Now with the help of coauthor Laurie Zuckermanhe skillfully reveals the economic drivers behind Americas growing obesity epidemic

Food

Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on issues concerning food debatingcontroversies surrounding nutrition the safety of the US food supply if fast andsnack foods are responsible for obesity among youth and if the trend of organic foodsis positive

Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Obesity examines whether or not there is an obesity epidemicif obesity is a disease if society should actively combat obesity and what is causingthe rise in obesity--From the publishers web site

Obesity cultural and biocultural perspectives

In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight public healthand medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens tooverwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally In manysocieties being obese creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturallystigmatized yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesityweight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition Groundedin a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic andecological case studies Obesity shows that the human tendency to become and stayfat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical andsocial realities of modern life Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United StatesMexico and the Pacific Islands the author addresses such critical questions as whyobesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than othersShe suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences canuse community-based research to address the serious public health and social justiceconcerns provoked by the global spread of obesity--Provided by publisher

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 5: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

Is the Western diet making the world sick

Presents a collection of essays that discuss factors that are contributing to the growthin negative dietary choices around the world Suggests alternative diets and how theycan become more widespread

Obesity

Opposing Viewpoints Obesity examines whether or not there is an obesity epidemicif obesity is a disease if society should actively combat obesity and what is causingthe rise in obesity--From the publishers web site

Obesity cultural and biocultural perspectives

In a world filled with more people who are overweight than underweight public healthand medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens tooverwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally In manysocieties being obese creates profound personal suffering because it is so culturallystigmatized yet despite loud messages about the health and social costs of obesityweight gain is a seemingly universal aspect of the modern human condition Groundedin a holistic anthropological approach and using a range of ethnographic andecological case studies Obesity shows that the human tendency to become and stayfat makes perfect sense in terms of evolved human inclinations and the physical andsocial realities of modern life Drawing on her own fieldwork in the rural United StatesMexico and the Pacific Islands the author addresses such critical questions as whyobesity is defined as a problem and why some groups are more at risk than othersShe suggests innovative ways in which anthropology and other social sciences canuse community-based research to address the serious public health and social justiceconcerns provoked by the global spread of obesity--Provided by publisher

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 6: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

Obesity amp food policing

Discusses the problem of obesity in the todays culture

Salt sugar fat how the food giants hooked us

Identifies the factors that have contributed to the modern obesity crisis in Americadetailing the impact of processed foods on our diets and overall health Discusseshow the ongoing quest for profits and increasingly better-tasting foods have resulted inan unhealthy processed foods industry that can only survive by producing foods ladenwith fat salt and sugar

Should junk food be sold in schools

Presents varying perspectives on the topic of selling junk food in schools

Want fries with that obesity and the supersizing ofAmerica

Examines the growing health problem of obesity in America its social and emotionalimpacts causes and treatment and research that is being conducted not only onnew therapies diet and exercise but also on improved education

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health

Page 7: ELA II Pre AP Persuasive Essay Obesity II Pre AP...Obesity Provides an overview of issues associated with obesity and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including

Your food is fooling you how your brain is hijacked bysugar fat and salt

The teen edition of the New York Times bestseller The End of Overeating for teenswith a desire to know more about the food industry and its impact on physical andemotional health