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Jun. 29, 2007
Why Is The U.S. Still Overweight?
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| From Atkins, to Ornish, to Jenny Craig, we are a nation of dieters. But with so many diets and dieters, why are we collectively getting bigger? Join Ira in this hour of Science Friday for a look at our national obsession with waistlines and weight loss. He'll be talking with Gina Kolata, science reporter for the New York Times, and author of the new book "Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting". |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Gina Kolata
Author, "Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths
and Realities of Dieting" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2007)
Science Reporter, New York Times
New York, New York
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