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The Energy Glut Shows How The Heating Of Our Planet And The Bulging Of Our Waistlines Are Manifestations Of The Same Global Malaise. Ian Roberts Presents A Frightening Vision Of Humanity Besieged By A Food Industry Pushing A Surfeit Of Energy-dense Food, While The Rise Of The Car Means We Have Fewer Opportunities To Move Our Bodies Than Ever Before. Introduction: The Fat Planet -- Fat People And Fat Populations -- The Motorization Of Movement -- Food And The Petro-nutritional Complex -- Money -- Contract And Converge -- The Era Of The Bicycle -- Reclaiming Our Neighbourhoods -- Reclaim Your Home -- A Better World. Ian Roberts ; With Phil Edwards. The Politics Of Fatness In An Overheating World--cover. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 167-175) And Index. Also Published In Print. English