Moss, the investigative reporter behind the "pink slime" expose, traces the rise of the processed food industry over the last five decades. He describes how the addictive additives of salt, sugar, and fat have created a nation of "heavy users:" the companies' term for their most ardent customers. Moss also reveals the deliberate corporate practices--from chemical manipulation of the additives to marketing campaigns adapted from tobacco companies--that...

Discusses what determines healthy weight, how body image affects teens, and how to combine diet and exercise to lose weight and to maintain a healthy weight.

Explains why many young athletes are vulnerable to eating disorders and what they can do to prevent them.

Discusses the health dangers involved with fad diets and provides information on healthy ways to eat.