The World is Fat Book Giveaway!
25 01 2009
You guys are going to start hating me soon. What!? Read!?
This week’s giveaway is the book, The World Is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race. by Mary Poppins Barry Popkin.
I’m only a few pages into my copy, but so far, its really good. I’m usually not a big statistics for fun kind of girl, but this book is awesome. It picks apart all the fad diets and products, exposing the companies that know they are frauds and how they can get away with it and analyzes why we as Americans have such a skewed veiw of healthy eating and dieting (and why we find dieting neccessary in the first place. Which it isn’t. At all.)
To enter into the giveaway for this book, you can do one (or all for extra entries) of the following:
Giveaway ends Friday, January 30th (holy crap, where did the month go?)
Good luck!
ALSO: head to Oh She Glows and check out Angela’s awesome Fit Gear Shop. All proceeds for her adorable clothes are going to the Canadian Cancer Society. The clothes are cute and affordable, and best of all, for a good cause!
To recieve email alerts of the weekly giveaways, email me at kelly@everygymsnightmare.com with “email alert” as the subject.
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Hi Kelly – this book looks so interesting! I WANT IT I WANT IT! If I don’t win it, I will add it to my amazon.com wish list. Thanks for sharing!
Minneapolis, MN
New york, New York ovaaaa here!!
Hi! I’m going to school in Tempe, AZ but my hometown is Ann Arbor, MI. This looks like a really interesting book!
Ooh! I love to read!! And I’m in Chicago! (IL, duh). If I actually get around to posting again soon, I’ll put a link in my entry too.
Sounds interesting
I’m in Mountain View, CA.
Boston (watertown), MA
Dammit. Penguin sent me this one too lol. I just finished it a couple days ago and it’s AWESOME, I loved it
PS Am in the cold cold city of Winnipeg. Manitoba province. Woot.
I live in Portland, Oregon. The Rose City, the Bridge City, the Hill City. I love it here. I am, however, moving my sorry booty across the country to Columbia, South Carolina in a few months. That will be quite the adventure!
Sarah sent me to enter! I’m in Florida.
I added you to my blogroll at Women’s Health today as well as wrote a post encouraging people to come over here and check you out!
Sounds like my kind of read. I’m in Nashville, TN.
why are you all on the east coast!?
Awesome, sarah, thanks so much! that’s 4 entries for you…
sounds interesting – i’d love to win
Random private city, California
blogged here:
http://sweeps4bloggers.blogspot.com/2009/01/everygymsnightmare-world-is-fat-book.html
I’m in MA
Please count me in on this book! I am in Illinois. Thank you, Cindi
I’m also in winnipeg, manitoba!
west rutland,vt
Thank you for another great giveaway. I’m from Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK.
Hi Kelly – I am in the Seattle, WA area! = )
Book looks interesting. It’s Liz over here. Minneapolis, Minnesota (yes…it is freezing too)
Potomac, MD
I live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario
bambee- awesome! I’m not alone!
Philadelphia, PA…*fingers crossed*
South Carolina!
I’m in Woodbridge, VA.
sounds interesting!
boston, ma
Flushing, NY
I’m in Los Angeles, CA but I’m from Seattle!
Hi chicky- did you have a fun weekend? I hope so. I live near Charleston, SC!
I love reading nonfiction
I live in North Carolina
Hey!
I live in Ontario canada (Toronto area).
I would love this book- I’m a huge stats nerd (well being in research and all!)
Angela
Forest Hills, NY…I am linking back to this on Missy Maintains now!
I live near Los Angeles, CA.
Sounds like an interesting read!
I am always up for a new book. Good thing my husband does not mind having books all over the house. I live in CA.
erica- i did have a good weekend! The wild west party was fun, and today I just talked to a website that Im going to be writing/blogging for about the launch date and the ins and outs. its sounds really exciting, and you better believe Ill be sending more information to you guys about it once its up and running (end of february, if all goes well!) Its going to be a great little community with lots of professional info!
Baltimore, Maryland!
I’m reading from St. Louis, MO and this book sounds quite interesting!!
I live in Lynchburg Virignia. I have also linked your website and emailed all my friends!!
I’m in Denver, Colorado right now (at least for another year while I finish grad school).
This sounds like an interesting book!
Livin in New York, NY – and was just looking at this book at the bookstore yesterday! It looks fascinating!
omaha, nebraska
Thanks for the giveaway. It sounds like a good book.
I added your blog to my google reader.
First time reader from Baltimore, MD who found you from Mark’s Daily Apple! Very infomative and easy to read blog, thanks for all your info!
I’m in Austin, TX – surprised there are none other so far!?
Love the blog, devotee for several months – glad you’re back to EGN
I live in Germantown, MD, and you’re already in my google reader, so thats two, right?!
john- welcome!
Becky- you bet thats 2!
Willisburg, Kentucky.
Redlands, California..you already on my blogroll:)
Indianapolis, IN… and yes were are one of the fatter cities. Ugh. i am average weight and everyone thinks I am too thin… its just that I live in a fat city!
Cool book. I love lists and statistics!
To enter the contest, I live in Erie, PA…BRRRRRR!!!!
And, now for a question…. for people who suffer from binge eating disorder, do you suggest they follow a meal plan or eat according to hunger/fullness? THanks! And, I LOVE YOUR BLOG!
karlygrl- binge eating disorder, and eating disorders of any kind, are very complex psychological disorders that aren’t about food at all. In order to really beat it, you have to seek help in order to find out why you are abusing food the way you are. Your therapist/counselor/psychologist, etc can suggest what would work best for you- its not always the same for every person or every disorder.
I, personally, had to eat by the clock and with total calories I had to hit every day. after I got the hang of that I began to eat more intuitively, but I had to make sure i was healthy first.
Alberta, Canada!
Boston, MA.
Love your blog!
good old lansdale, PA!
send that marry poppins book out to winnipeg! {canada}{if you’re going international}
I live in New York, NY (specifically, in Manhattan), and you are linked from my blogroll
Hi Kelly,
Coming to you from roasty-toasty (wait…that’s a lie…) …
I’m in the Milwaukee, WI area. (and it’s just plain cold)
South Jersey here!
You’re already on my blogroll:)
And I’ve been meaning to pick up a new book, maybe this will be the one!!!
Fort Wayne, Indiana — but I would like to stress that I do not self-indentify as a Hoosier.
Chicago is my hometown.
Haven’t seen this book, but it looks pretty interesting!
Houston, TX here!
I live in North Dakota.
Cuernavaca, Morelos (MExico
)
Boston, MA!
Looks like an interesting read. I’m in Parkland, Fla. and gave you a shout (link) on my blog entry tonight.
New York, New York!
Farmington, ME!!
Caldwell, Idaho……in da house!!!!!
Patrick, SC
Hi! This book looks really interesting. I’m from Seattle too!
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Bethesda Maryland!
giggling as Im like you and sagan and getting kinda OVER the people blanketing the net with the same stuff.
you at all kelly?
Thanks for the giveaway. Im from a tiny small beach town in Massachusetts!
I live in St. Marys, Kansas
you are added to my blogroll and I will link your post on mine today
Thanks for telling me about this book, Kelly — I hadn’t seen it yet, but I’d love to check it out.
I’m in Rhode Island, by the way.
Looks like a really interesting book!
I’m over here in good ole St. Joseph, Missouri.
And I agree, where the heck did January go???
cool! i would love to read that book!
Im in Pawtucket RI : )
I am a stats junkie!
I’m in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ha! I live in Norman Oklahoma. Yep, Oklahoma, one of the worst places to live as far as staying healthy goes. I just read something the other day that ranked OK as the 2nd worse place with obesity rates. Nice.
Oooh, that sounds like a fascinating book! Count me in… from Michigan.
Great giveaway – and I love your blog. I’m from New York, NY.
Safety Harbor, FL, USA
Ha, Mary Poppins. If I don’t win I’m going to have to check it out at my library. I live in Fairfax, Virginia.
Hey I’m not the only one from Idaho!!!
Nampa Idaho here! And you are already in my blogroll!
I think I’m the first from Columbus, OH!
This looks like a great book. I’m a geek engineer – stats get me every time. : )
Tuning in from the Black Hills of South Dakota!
Oh yeah – and you’re on my reader. (What did I ever do before Google Reader?!?!)
(And if you don’t know where the Black Hills are, go google it. You should visit us.)
Hi, I’m from Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Love your blog!
slc, UT baby
Hello, My name is Trisha, I am 22-years-old and a mother to 2 boys. I live in Pennsylvania. I just came across your blog today and how excited was I to see that you had a giveaway! I just started blogging myself yesterday and I am going to keep track of my excersice what I eat and maybe meet some fun new people along my journey! I have lost 5 pounds but I have been stuck their for almost 2 weeks! lol..
I also added you to my blog page as well!
I hope to hear from you, stop by my blog and leave me a message!!
Take care,
Trisha
shreveport, la keep up the good work!
Don’t be deceived by the name of the city – we are not all fat in SUGAR LAND, TX !!
just found this blog… San Mateo, CA
I just added this book to my Amazon wishlist yesterday. Looks so interesting! I’ve added your blog to my blogroll and will be linking this contest to my post tonight. Oh, and I’m and Ohioan.
Can you tell I want to win this book? Cuz yea. I do.
I just read a review of this book, and really want it!!!
Flagstaff, AZ
Youngstown, Ohio
Interesting book!
Memphis, TN
I live in Boston, MA
The book sounds awesome!
The lovely state of California
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holla ‘atcha from NY, NY!
ps stay tuned for a link-back on my blog…
Omg. I am your 101th person to comment on this post!! I live in El Cerrito, CA, btw.
Orlando, FL
Grand Rapids, MI
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Hey Kelly! This looks like a very interesting book! I live in Manheim, Pennsylvania.
Toledo, Ohio over here. And I added you to my blogroll and linked to you in a post as well.
Sounds like an interesting book and would love to check it out.
First time at your site and I really enjoy it so far!
Wash, DC – Where it all happens!
That book sounds fascinating! I’m in Athens, GA
New reader from Renton, Wa (suburb of Seattle)
I am a new reader, from NY, and I hope I have beginners luck and win this!
I live in Austin, TX.
Please note that I have a new domain, complete with blogroll where you are listed
So, I think I already have you on my blog role (i’m not diligent with my entries like you are. I think I update it like once a month or maybe once every two months…hah who knows!) but here I am from Mishawaka, IN. I like to read
Also, I’m considering going into fitness training as a career. I was laid off a few months ago and want to go back into the working world doing something I enjoy. Do you have any input on the subject? You are ACE certified…did you like that program? Thanks Kelly!
I’m late this week! I’m in Omaha, NE
New reader–from Kath’s blog. Book looks great. Minnesota–Twin Cities.
Chicago, Illinois!!
I am going to link back right now!
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The book seems really cool…i’d love to read it
Boston, MA
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cleveland, oh
Fairbanks, AK
San Diego, CA.
I’m going add you to my blog roll. I’ve been a reader for a long time now! I’m SUPER new to blogging (like, two days ago) so you might be the only one on it for a few days! LOL.
I added you to my Google Reader!
I live in Williamsburg, VA, and am a new reader, thanks to Kath’s blog!
addicted blog reader from Moscow, ID.
I live in Rochester, NY…..looks like an interesting read!!
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Chicago (Des Plaines), IL
I’m a follower of Idle Loaf, and have seen you blog mentioned in a few other blogger’s fav. list. Definitely interesting blog and have been following here and there. The book looks like an interesting read, hopefully I can win the copy, if not I’ll venture out to find it!
Thanks
I’m in York, PA for now.
I’m linking to this post as we speak!
I could use something good to read besides boring textbooks in the 0 degree, foot of snow weather in lovely Rochester, NY.
Mississippi Gulf Coast
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