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Eric A. Finkelstein

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Eric A. Finkelstein is an Associate Research Professor in the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. He is also Deputy Director and Associate Professor in the Health Services Research Program at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore.

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Average rating: 3.32 · 133 ratings · 27 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Fattening of America: How the Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What to Do about It 3.32 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States by Eric A. Finkelstein, Phaedra S. Fincorso, Ted R. Miller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fattening of America: How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It by Eric A. Finkelstein, Laurie Zuckerman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The study suggests that weight problems could cancel out life-extending benefits of medical advances in the coming decades.”
― Eric A. Finkelstein, The Fattening of America: How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It

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“For example, one study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that those who are 30 pounds overweight lose between one and six years of life, while those who are about 100 pounds overweight"' lose up to 13 years of life.”
― Eric A. Finkelstein, The Fattening of America: How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It

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“In fact, according to one recent study, poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of death in America.21”
― Eric A. Finkelstein, The Fattening of America: How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If It Matters, and What To Do About It

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