Fat, Dumb, and Ugly
Subtitle: The Decline of the Average American
Contributors: Alan Dingman (Illustrator)
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster Trade Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: February 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780743249454
Subjects: Cultural studies; Humour; Statistics; General; American Satire And Humor; English; Humor; USA; Form - Essays; Humor / General; United States; 1980-; Civilization; Consumption (Economics); National characteristics, American; Obesity; Social conditions
First sentence: Percentage of adults in the United States who are overweight: 64.5 (about 127 million)
Description: A collection of observations on the American condition cites such statistical information as the amount that is spent annually on beer, the number of pounds of candy consumed by the average person, and the percentage of people who believe that aliens live among us.