Food Fight : The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do about It

In Food Fight, Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., and coauthor Katherine Battle Horgen, Ph.D., offer an unflinching assessment of a culture that feeds its pets better than its children, manipulates children into poor eating habits with toy giveaways and in-school promotions, and makes it nearly impossible for the poor to be healthy. But Food Fight offers good news, too. Drs. Brownell and Horgen outline bold public policy initiatives for reversing the trend and describe steps individuals can take to help safeguard their own and their families' health. And they offer a workable plan for improving individual and family eating and exercise habits. Book jacket.