Globesity: Possible Environmental Causes Of Obesity

Course overview

Globesity: Possible Environmental Causes of Obesity is a fascinating look behind the disturbing statistic that 1.4 billion adults ? one in three across the globe ? are overweight. Registered dietitian and health writer Clare Fleishman explores surprising new suspects contributing to our planet?s expanding girth, including air conditioning, drugs, pollution and others which get little notice as lack of will power shoulders the blame. This important work examines how we live in a new century and why obesity has become a major killer from the American Midwest to the cities of Europe and across the deserts of Africa. In America alone, obesity- related illnesses are estimated to cost over $150 billion. Anyone who has ever worked in weight management or associated health care will find a fresh approach to a persistent problem as well as novel solutions for turning this epidemic around.