Greg Critser (1954–2018)
Auteur de Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
A propos de l'auteur
Greg Critser contributes regularly to USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and Harper's Magazine. Educated at Occidental College and UCLA, Critser lives in Pasadena, California
Œuvres de Greg Critser
Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies (2005) 75 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Jumpstart to Skinny: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss (Skinny Rules) (2013) 50 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1954-07-18
- Date de décès
- 2018-01-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Steubenville, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Courte biographie
- Born in Steubenville, Ohio, on July 18, 1954, Critser earned a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College and a master’s in history from UCLA.
His work frequently appeared in national publications, including the New Yorker and the Atlantic and newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Times of London. He was part of the original editorial team at the Pasadena Weekly.
He also taught science writing classes at Caltech and USC, lectured and teamed up with a personal trainer on a series of weight-loss and training books.
Taken from the LA Times Obituary
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 870
- Popularité
- #29,419
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 25
- Langues
- 5
The second half of the book is more technical, deals with diabetes and other health issues, plus the author has some suggestions on how to solve some of our problems. I was not as entertained toward the end.
Considering the book has been around for many years, I am interested in reading a more up to date book. I think there are some things that have changed, maybe for the good, maybe not.
I know at one point, probably during a chapter on excessive, needless snacking, I just had the urge to go open a bag of chips and dig in. And I did! But, a couple chapters later, probably during a chapter describing our lazy attitudes and inability to get off our butts, I got motivated and had to stop and get on the treadmill for half an hour. So in some ways, this book was an interactive book!… (plus d'informations)