Reviewed by Ewan McDougall:
“When I first read David Marks brilliant new book Obesity, there was a story on Radio New Zealand that two thirds of Auckland adults were now over weight or obese and the statistic for children was not much better. You don’t have to be an epidemiological genius to see that this will become a major problem for us and for other Western countries which are in the throes of an obesity epidemic.
David Marks presents a fresh, clear-eyed analysis of the complex causes of this epidemic: social, economic and psychological. He discusses the role of neoliberal capitalism in the promotion of poor, calorie rich food and animal products. The psychologist’s discussion of a person’s ‘circle of discontent’ which undermines homeostasis and then ‘feeds’ the spiral of unhealthy eating is fascinating and rings true. And he provides a refreshing solution including the adoption of veganism. The book is lucid and courageous and is the best analysis of a harrowing problem in the world, and a call to action, which I have read.
April 24, 2016
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