Collision Course by David Crawford

Collision Course by David Crawford

Only the strong will survive. But what does it mean to be strong?

The Smash has been building for years--runaway national debt, escalating oil prices--but when order finally breaks down, it happens astonishingly fast. Economic collapse. Government in chaos. Gas shortages. Loss of power. No running water. Martial law. Rioting, looting, and lawlessness.

Security specialist DJ Frost saw the writing on the wall, and he has prepared. He's planned his bug-out route to escape a city many are now trapped in. With his ATV, night-vision goggles, gear, guns, and enough gas to get him to his retreat home in the country, he ventures out alone under cover of darkness.

For Gabe Horne, the Smash is nothing compared to his own moral and spiritual collapse after losing his wife and son. But in this time of crisis, he may not have the luxury of drinking himself to death. There are others at his door, and they will need to help one another to survive.

Each man, in his own way, will face the ultimate challenge of preparedness in this new world order--as both hurtle toward a devastating showdown.

Professor David Crawford has almost 30 years experience in population health research, having previously worked with the CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, and the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health in Australia, and the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Minnesota, USA. Professor Crawford also holds honorary positions with the EMGO Institute at the VU University, Amsterdam, and with the Cancer Council of Victoria. He is a past Vice-President of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, a Co-Director of the Australian Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Research Network, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. His research focuses on the behavioural, social and environmental influences on nutrition and physical activity, the epidemiology of overweight and obesity, and development and evaluation of obesity prevention strategies for children and adults.

Dr. Jeffery received his PhD in Psychology at Stanford University in 1974 and have been on the faculty at the University since 1978. His research specialty throughout his career has been the behavioral aspects of obesity. His work has included studies of the causes, consequences and treatment of obesity and he is probably best recognized for his work on Public Health issues related to obesity. He was among the first to articulate a public health conceptualization of the current obesity epidemic and to point toward environment change, broadly conceived, as the primary cause rather than individual characteristics. He was among the first to do experimental research on obesity prevention and on interventions to reduce the burden of obesity at the community level.

Associate Professor Kylie Ball completed her PhD in psychology in 2000, and since then has attained over a decade's research experience in population health, primarily relating to the social and behavioural epidemiology of physical activity, nutrition and obesity. A strong theme of her research has been focused on understanding and addressing socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviours and obesity. She is a current Fellow and past President of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Johannes Brug worked as nutrition epidemiologist for TNO-nutrition, the main Dutch research institute for nutrition-related research (1989-1991). He was granted a fellowship from the Dutch Cancer Society and worked for this Society until 1994 after which he started his PhD research at the Department of Health Education and Promotion of Maastricht University. He obtained his PhD in Health Sciences in 1997 and subsequently worked as Associate Professor in Health Psychology and later as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Netherlands Open University. From 2000-2002 Hans Brug was Professor of Nutrition Education and Director of Education at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Maastricht University. From 2002 to early 2007 Brug was Professor of Determinants of Population Health at the Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. Hans Brug is an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioral Sciences, Deakin University, Australia.

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ISBN 13	9780451238078
ISBN 10	0451238079
Title	Collision Course
Author	David Crawford
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2012-11-06
Number of pages	352
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