Weighing the Evidence
By Mark Nugent
The Western world is in the midst of an obesity epidemic that has been worsening since the 1980s. Rates of related illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes are also rising, with type 2 diabetes affecting children at ever younger ages. Understandably, weight loss has become a national obsession. We’ve turned to dieting, counting calories, stocking up on “heart-healthy” frozen dinners, and churning away millions of hours on treadmills and exercise bicycles. Yet despite decades of expert advice to eat fewer calories, avoid fat, and exercise more, Americans keep getting more obese.
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It, Gary Taubes, Knopf, 272 pages
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