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Author Kaufman, Francine Ratner.

Title Diabesity : the obesity-diabetes epidemic that threatens America--and what we must do to stop it / Francine Ratner Kaufman.

Imprint New York: Bantam Books, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  362.196 Kau    ---  Available
Description viii, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A tale of two children -- Diabetes descends on my Grandma Sadie -- The march to type 2 diabetes -- The blood sugar balancing act -- A life-altering diagnosis -- Running on empty -- The long haul -- Designed for feast of famine -- The land of plenty -- Diabesity around the world -- The new normal -- Who's responsible? -- Reading, writing, and diabesity -- Nine to five -- The healthcare challenge.
Subject Obesity -- United States.
Type 2 diabetes -- United States.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- United States -- Popular Works.
Obesity -- United States -- Popular Works.
ISBN 0553803840
Standard No. NLM 101244583

 
    
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