DescriptionNot long ago, obesity was seen mainly as a cosmetic problem. In just the last few years, however, the medical view of excess weight has changed. Obesity is known to be a public health problem of the same magnitude as smoking. The rates of overweight and o…
DescriptionFor every woman who has ever tried to lose weight and failed, A.J. Rochester offers her own unique recipe for success, from someone who looked like the last of the lost causes. When A.J. is singled out for a television show on obesity, she is at first a…
DescriptionCan man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For 30 days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary won him r…
DescriptionTo a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our l…
