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In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly alarming book. Critser investigates the... read more
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THIS BOOK is not a memoir, but it is undeniably grounded in a singular personal experience.
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- jingoism: Jingoism is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy.<1> In practice, it is a country's advocation of the use of threats or actual force against other countries in order to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others—an extreme type of nationalism.
- avoirdupois: The avoirdupois (pron.: /ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz/; French pronunciation: <avwaʁdypwɑ>) system (abbreviation: avdp<1>) is a system of weights (or, properly, mass) based on a pound of 16 ounces. It is the everyday system of weight used in the United States and is still used to varying degrees in everyday life in the United Kingdom, Canada and some other former British colonies despite the official adoption of the metric system. An alternative system of mass is generally used for precious materials, Troy weight. The modern definition of the avoirdupois pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.
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This book is in The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Greg Critser (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0618164723
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0618164723
Page Count: 240
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- Dewey: 362.19639800973
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