Greg Critser is an award-winning writer who’s focused on medicine, science, food and health. He’s developed a keen insight into the workings of the pharmaceutical industry and has become one of the most knowledgeable experts on the politics of medicine.

Aside from having columns and essays published in many of the most prestigious periodicals in America, he is the author of three books. “Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the Land” is a best-seller, and “Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Minds, Lives and Bodies” won numerous awards.

His latest book, “Eternity Soup: Inside the Quest to End Aging,” tackles the emerging, multimillion-dollar industry that’s cropped up around anti-aging science and medicine.