How Long to Read Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives

How Long Does it Take to Read Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives by Tom Farley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The inside story of the most audacious public health campaign of the twenty-first century. In 2002, a dynamic doctor named Thomas Frieden became health commissioner of New York City. With support from the new mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Frieden and his health department team prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants, and attempted to cap the size of sodas, among other groundbreaking actions. The initiatives drew heated criticism, but they worked: by 2011, 450,000 people had quit smoking, childhood obesity rates were falling, and life expectancy was growing. Saving Gotham is the behind-the-scenes story of the most controversial—and successful—public health initiative of our time. Thomas A. Farley, MD, who succeeded Frieden as health commissioner, introduces a team of doctors who accepted the challenge of public health: to care for each of New York City’s eight million inhabitants as their own patients. The biggest threats they faced were not cholera or chemical toxins or lack of medical care but instead habits like smoking and unhealthy eating. As these doctors pressed to solve these problems, they found themselves battling those who encouraged those habits, and they reshaped their own agency for a different sort of fight. Farley shows what happens when science-driven doctors are given the political cover to make society-wide changes to protect people from today’s health risks—and how industries exploit legislatures, the courts, the media, and public opinion to undermine them. With Washington caught in partisan paralysis and New York City’s ideas spreading around the world, Saving Gotham demonstrates how government—local government—can protect its citizens and transform health for everyone.

How long is Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives?

Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives by Tom Farley is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives aloud.

What Reading Level is Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives?

Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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