Anyone who pays half a wink of attention to the news these days is well aware that the U.S. is facing an obesity crisis. And this crisis is quickly becoming a global problem, with nearly a billion unhealthily heavy people worldwide. So how can we attempt to revert our behaviors and keep our collective weight in check? Well, Daniel Akst shines some light on the struggle between temptation and self-restriction in his new book, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess. More