TY - BOOK AU - Callahan,Daniel TI - The five horsemen of the modern world: climate, food, water, disease, and obesity SN - 9780231170024 AV - RA418 .C35 2016 U1 - 362.1 23 PY - 2016///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Public health KW - World health KW - Environmental health KW - Public Health KW - Ecosystem KW - Environmental Health KW - Global Health KW - fast KW - local KW - Print books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Our overheating, fraying planet -- Feeding a growing population : how, and with what kind of food? -- Water : not everywhere and not always fit to drink -- Chronic illness : rich or poor, few escape -- Obesity : the scourge of bad diets and sedentary habits -- Always more people and ever more elderly : caring and paying -- The technology fix : a way out? -- A volatile mix : public opinion, the media, and shaping policy -- Law and governance : managing our public planet and our private bodies -- Progress and its errant children : more is never enough -- The necessary coalition : social movements, legislatures, business ER -