As you sit down tonight at Sunday Dinner, reflect for a moment on the stats from the U.S.
The lead article in May 2010’s The Atlantic is called “FAT NATION:
It’s worse than you think. How to beat obesity.“ This is a long,
dense, well-written and important essay. Here’s the intro:
“BEATING
OBESITY: After years of dieting, the author finally resorted to
bariatric surgery. It worked—but he realized that it’s too expensive to
stem our obesity epidemic. So what to do? Michelle Obama’s
anti-obesity plan, he argues, is a major first step. Developed largely
in secret, and with startling comprehensiveness, it has thrilled
advocates— and made the food industry anxious to cooperate.”
The article actually covers much more. You can read it here: FAT NATION, THE ATLANTIC. .
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