Why are we fatter as a nation than we have ever been before? Is rising obesity causing life expectancy to fall for the first time? How will our healthcare system cope? What can Britain do to reverse the trend?Pocket Issue, Fat takes a look at the hard facts behind the headlines and gives you some answers.Pocket Issue - Small briefs for a big worldFor a quick fix on the big issues Pocket Issue delivers the facts in only 96 pages. Pithy and pocket sized, titles brief you on the biggest challenges facing our world: food, climate change, oil shortages, conflict in the Middle East - delivering the facts in an accessible, easy-to-read style.