Publisher's Synopsis
The world's lone superpower...supreme guardian of democracy...and home of the blithely uninformed and epidemically obese. Welcome to America - pull up a chair, switch on the TV and grab a doughnut.
Are Americans the last word in higher beings? Peter Strupp thinks not. A concerned citizen (and pitch-perfect humour scribe), Strupp is shocked and concerned by what he sees. It seems American aren't as thin, smart, and good-looking as they like to think they are. Packed with fightening statistics, FAT, DUMB AND UGLY takes readers on an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and at times horrifying tour of the numbers that shape the United States:
* Annual amount Americans spend on beer: $25 billion
* Percentage of Americans over 25 who are overweight: 80
* Pounds of sweets the average American eats a year: 20.7
* Percentage of Americans who believe their are aliens living among us: 25
* Pounds of rubbish generated by the average American: 1,570
* Increase in cosmetic surgery in the last decade: 200%
In the bestselling tradition of THE DARWIN AWARDS and STUPID WHITE MEN, Peter Strupp's book is razor-sharp, real-world humour that sketches an all-too-convincing portrait of a self-satisfied nation of conspicuous consumers, fast-food fanatics and dumded-down dolts.
