{"product_id":"9781451603903","title":"Fat, Dumb, and Ugly: The Decline of the Average American","description":"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, click on the tube, and grab a donut. Concerned Citizen Peter Strupp is shocked and bothered by what he sees. It seems we're not as thin, smart, and good-looking as we like to think. Packed with real facts and statistics, Fat, Dumb, and Ugly takes readers on an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud, and at times horrifying tour of the numbers that shape our country:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Percentage of adults in the United States who are overweight: 64.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Percentage of Americans who believe they have actually spoken with Satan: 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Percentage of voters for whom Saturday Night Live and MTV are primary sources of information about presidential candidates: 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Average number of pink lawn flamingos sold annually in America: 250,000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wickedly hilarious and addictive cultural snapshot of our nation of conspicuous consumers, fast-food fanatics, and dumbed-down dolts, \u003ci\u003eFat, Dumb, and Ugly\u003c\/i\u003e casts a revealing spotlight on John Q. Public, the average American -- and it's not always pretty.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174327271664,"sku":"9781451603903","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451603903_p0.jpg?v=1763836269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451603903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}