Dr. Farley’s Books
“Prescription for a Healthy Nation is an excellent book that successfully introduces a new approach to today’s epidemics.”
-Brian C. Reed, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
“Prescription for a Healthy Nation is the best book about public health I’ve read in years . . . Their important message: it is not enough just to take personal responsibility for our own actions-we also have to work for changes in society that make it easier for everyone to stay healthy.”
-Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
"In recent years, New York City adopted a series of bold initiatives to reduce smoking, to combat childhood obesity, and otherwise to promote public health. Tom Farley was there, and he tells the gripping inside story. Think that a public health department can’t save lives? Think again!"
― Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University, and coauthor of Nudge
"There is a reason why people in New York City live longer than average Americans, and this book tells you why. Tom Farley has written a fast-paced chronicle of those exciting years and recounts how a mayor who didn’t have to worry about raising funds for his campaigns told his health commissioners to think big and save lives."
― Richard Besser, MD, chief health and medical editor, ABC News