Food politics : how the food industry influences nutrition and health /

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We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nestle, Marion (Autor)
Otros Autores: Pollan, Michael (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2013.
Edición:Revised and expanded 10th anniversary edition
Colección:California studies in food and culture ; 3.
Temas:
Nutrition policy > United States.
Food > Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Food industry and trade > United States.
Food industry and trade.
Nutrition policy.
Politics, Practical.
Social marketing.
Food Industry
Nutrition Policy
Politics
Social Marketing
Aliments > Industrie et commerce.
Politique alimentaire.
Politique.
Politique alimentaire > États-Unis.
Marketing social.
politics.
HISTORY > Social History.
Politics, Practical
Food industry and trade
Nutrition policy
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Michael Pollan
  • Preface to the tenth anniversary edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Introduction : the food industry and "eat more"
  • Undermining Dietary Advice. From "eat more" to "eat less," 1900-1990
  • Politics versus science : opposing the food pyramid, 1991-1992
  • "Deconstructing" dietary advice
  • Working the System. Influencing government : food lobbies and lobbyists
  • Co-opting nutrition professionals
  • Winning friends, disarming critics
  • Playing hardball : legal and not
  • Exploiting Kids, Corrupting Schools. Starting early : underage consumers
  • Pushing soft drinks : "pouring rights"
  • Deregulating Dietary Supplements. Science versus supplements : "a gulf of mutual incomprehension"
  • Making health claims legal : the supplement industry's war with the FDA
  • Deregulation and its consequences
  • Inventing Techno-Foods. Go forth and fortify
  • Beyond fortification : making foods functional
  • Selling the ultimate techno-food : olestra
  • Conclusion: The politics of food choice
  • Afterword: Food politics : ten years later and beyond
  • Appendix: Issues in nutrition and nutrition research.

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