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FOOD , INC .

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FOOD , INC .

How Industrial Food Is Making Us

Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—

And What You Can Do About It

EDITED BY

KARL WEBER

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Food, Inc. : how industrial food is making us sicker, fatter and

poorer; and what you can do about it : a participant guide / edited by

Karl Weber. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-58648-694-5 (pbk.)

1. Food industry and trade—United States. I. Weber, Karl, 1953–

HD9005.F6582 2009

338.4'766400973—dc22

2008055405

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