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Sick Planet: Our Obsession with Dieting Boosts the Economy But Destroys the Earth

By Stan Cox, Pluto Press. Posted May 28, 2008.


Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.
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Stan Cox is a plant breeder and writer in Salina, Kansas. Sick Planet: Corporate Food and Medicine is his first book.

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