Fascinating ... an exploration of us New York Times Disturbing, thought-provoking, and important Anthony Bourdain, author of 'Kitchen Confidential' No ordinary diet book New Scientist The End of Overeating is an invaluable contribution to the national conversation about the catastrophe that is the modern American diet Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food

David A. Kessler, MD, served as commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration. He is a paediatrician and has been the dean of the medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco. Under his direction, the FDA announced a number of new programs, including the following: the regulation of the marketing and sale of tobacco products to children; nutrition labelling for food and preventive controls to improve food safety. The recipient of many honours for his work in public health, in April 2008 Dr Kessler was named the '2008 National Hero' by the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley 'for his leadership as the nation's top drug regulator and his courage in challenging the US tobacco industry'.