HEAVY!: The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the Free–And the Home of the Fat (PDF)

by
Richard B. McKenzieRichard B. McKenzie

In HEAVY! Professor McKenzie addresses ‘the coming fat (policy) war’ over proposed fat taxes and bans, making the case for heavy people bearing the full burden of their weight-related costs. America has become the heaviest country in the world. This book lays out the unheralded, mainly economic reasons for the country’s weight gain, which include — believe it or not — the growth in world trade freedom, the downfall of communism, and the rise of women’s liberation. The consequences of this trend are a HEAVY! burden as well, resulting in greater emissions of greenhouse gases, rising health insurance costs and fewer insured Americans, reductions in the wages of heavy people, and requiring reinforced rescue equipment and hospital operating tables.