The energy glut climate change and the politics of fatness - Roberts, Ian, (Epidemiologist) (Zed Books, 2010)
"The politics of fatness in an overheating world"--Cover. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index
Introduction: The fat planet -- Fat people and fat populations -- The motorization of movement -- Food and the petro-nutritional complex -- Money -- Contract and converge -- The era of the bicycle -- Reclaiming our neighbourhoods -- Reclaim your home -- A better world
The Energy Glut shows how the heating of our planet and the bulging of our waistlines are manifestations of the same global malaise. Ian Roberts presents a frightening vision of humanity besieged by a food industry pushing a surfeit of energy-dense food, while the rise of the car means we have fewer opportunities to move our bodies than ever before
Keywords: Obesity / epidemiology / Popular Works; Climate Change / Popular Works; Fossil Fuels / economics / Popular Works; Epidemiology; Fossil fuels; Global warming; Obesity; Social aspects; Environmental Studies; Medicine; Health; MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine; MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health; Gesellschaft; Medizin; Obesity -- Epidemiology; Obesity -- Social aspects; Fossil fuels -- Social aspects; Global warming -- Social aspects