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Author:
Jou, Chin, 1979- author.
Title:
Supersizing urban America : how inner cities got fast food with government help / Chin Jou.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
259 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Obesity--Social aspects--United States.
Convenience foods--Social aspects--United States.
Convenience foods--Economic aspects--United States.
Fast food restaurants--United States--History.
Inner cities--United States.
African Americans--Food.
Nutrition policy--United States.
Urban policy--United States--History--20th century.
Obesity.
Fast Foods.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: combating obesity and subsidizing fast food expansion -- Solving urban challenges through fast food -- Searching for new urban markets -- Creating fast food cities with government help -- Diversifying out of necessity -- Shoring up the urban market -- Making sense of recent fast food policies -- Unpacking links between fast food and obesity -- Conclusion: proposing solutions.
ISBN:
0226921921
9780226921921
OCLC:
(OCoLC)946277504
LCCN:
2016015884
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)
PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

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