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List of Figures and Boxes ix
Foreword: Human Health and Global Crisis Tim Lobstein xi
Preface: Tragic Blindness xiii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii
1 Wave of Panic Across the Planet 1
Shocking figures 5
Developing countries are not exempt 9
The end of the 'French Exception' 11
Children on the front line 12
Too poor to be thin 15
2 'Badnosh' and Other Paradoxes of the Abundant Society 17
Cows go mad 17
GMOs: A focal point for new fears 20
Too much fat and sugar, not enough taste 22
Home cooking 23
Our health in jeopardy 26
Unhealthy bodies, unhappy minds 29
Underage victims 31
A high price to pay 32
3 Revolution on our plates 35
McWorld 37
No more peeling potatoes 39
From one revolution to the next 40
A change of pace 42
Fat at last! 44
The fat and the thin 46
4 Agriculture in the Age of 'More is More' 51
Towards an agriculture without farmers? 52
Produce more! 54
The perverse effects of farm subsidies 55
The success of the 'green revolutions' 58
But the fight goes on 60
A billion Chinese meat-eaters? 61
Will the world food price crisis curb the obesity pandemic? 62
The issue of eco-costs 63
5 Welcome to Wal-Mart 67
Industrial Meccano 67
Peasants out of the loop 70
Large-scale distribution takes off 71
The supermarket Eldorado of emerging nations 72
Food choice: Is it real or sham? 75
The levelling of culinary cultures 76
6 Culprits or Scapegoats? 81
Neither saints nor sinners. The goal is profit 81
More nosh for the same dosh 82
The power of advertising 84
Kids, the privileged target of the Big Five 85
Fun and games... 85
... will do the trick 87
The authoritiesstrike back 88
Powerful lobbies 90
Lobbies against lobbies 91
A genetic link? 92
7 Go Active! 95
Burning off the fat 96
Good for the figure, great for health97 97
The physical activity index 97
An armchair society 98
A question of culture 100
8 Slimming with Pills 103
Towards a weight vaccine? 105
The patient's denial, the doctor's blindness 108
A bitter remedy 109
The myth of the ideal weight 111
Draconian diets: Best avoided 111
The new wave of functional foods 113
Healthier products at last 115
9 Prevention is Better than Cure 119
Mission: To nip it in the bud 120
Fewer calories, with more physical activity 121
Changing individual behaviour: Forget it 123
Altering the environment 124
A mosaic of possible measures 126
Children first 129
Programmes that work 130
10 Some Leads and their Limits 133
I will, if you will 133
Taxing junk food 138
Making healthier food cheaper 139
Empowering consumers 140
Another way of labelling 141
Slow Food: The leisurely alternative 142
Should we eat less meat? 144
Producing less, but better 145
Biotechnology vs bio-ecology 145
A global code of practice for advertising junk foods to children 146
11 Obesity and Climate Change: An Odd Couple 149
Evidence for an unexpected relationship 149
Similar causes? 150
Drive less, cycle more, save the planet! 151
We (and the planet) are what we eat 153
Similar solutions to obesity and climate change 156
Epilogue: At the Crossroads 159
Bibliography 163
Index 173
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