Al Roker's aha! moment came a decade ago. He was closing in on 350 pounds when he promised his dying father that he wasn't going to keep living as he was.
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An investigation into the business side of pregnancy and early childhood reveals how health care for parents and babies is being undermined by commercial interests, explaining how profit margins are leading to such consequences as potty training delays, prevalent cesareans, reduced breastfeeding and high mortality rates.
Examining both research and popular representations of stress in cultural terms, Becker traces the evolution of the social uses of the stress concept as it has been transformed into an all-purpose vehicle for defining, expressing, and containing middle-class anxieties about upheavals in American society.
Identifies the radioactive fundamentals of the planet while correcting myths to reveal the role of radiation in everyday life and what should and should not raise concern.
The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.
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