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HEAVY!: The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the Free—And the Home of the Fat
Richard B. McKenzie
This book reveals surprising reasons for America's weight gain, and explores such consequences as higher fuel consumption and greenhouses gases, growing health insurance costs, reductions in the wages of heavy people, and reenforcement of rescue equipment.
300 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 5, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9783642201349 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gm |
| Pages | 325 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 234 × 19 mm · 506 g |
| Language | French |
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