Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession Set in a place beyond

Set in a place beyond good and evil---literally in Hollywood

Whatever ails you

and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle

Now in a third edition

even if they remain for the rest of time dispersed across the earth like the fragile blown seeds of a dying dandelion

Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession Set in a place beyondHow is it that Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet also unhealthier? Fit Nation explains how we got here and imagines how we might create a more inclusive, stronger future. If a shared American creed still exists, it's a belief that exercise is integral to a life well lived. A century ago, working out was the activity of a strange subculture, but today, it's almost impossible to avoid exhortations to exercise: Walk 5K to cure