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Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives

Tom Farley MD

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Description:In 2002, a dynamic doctor named Thomas Frieden became health commissioner of New York City. With political cover from the new mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Frieden and his team prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants, and attempted to cap the size of sodas, among other contentious actions. The initiatives drew enormous controversy, but they worked: by 2011, 450,000 people had quit smoking, childhood obesity rates were falling, and life expectancy was increasing.Saving Gotham introduces a team of innovative doctors battling industry lobbyists, pliant politicians, and tabloid journalists. Tom Farley, who succeeded Frieden as health commissioner, argues that our greatest health risks are not infectious diseases or chemical toxins but rather corporations marketing unhealthy products that create a toxic health environment. A colorful story set in the bare-knuckle world of city politics, Saving Gotham shows how America’s largest city transformed the health of its citizens and set an example that is being copied around the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives. To get started finding Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 2002, a dynamic doctor named Thomas Frieden became health commissioner of New York City. With political cover from the new mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Frieden and his team prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants, and attempted to cap the size of sodas, among other contentious actions. The initiatives drew enormous controversy, but they worked: by 2011, 450,000 people had quit smoking, childhood obesity rates were falling, and life expectancy was increasing.Saving Gotham introduces a team of innovative doctors battling industry lobbyists, pliant politicians, and tabloid journalists. Tom Farley, who succeeded Frieden as health commissioner, argues that our greatest health risks are not infectious diseases or chemical toxins but rather corporations marketing unhealthy products that create a toxic health environment. A colorful story set in the bare-knuckle world of city politics, Saving Gotham shows how America’s largest city transformed the health of its citizens and set an example that is being copied around the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives. To get started finding Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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