Nutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice /

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Popularized by Michael Pollan in his best-selling In Defense of Food, Gyorgy Scrinis' concept of nutritionism refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy food?an approach to food that now dominates nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. Sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scrinis, Gyorgy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Colección:Arts and traditions of the table.
Temas:
Nutrition > Public opinion.
Food > Composition.
Functional foods.
Public health > Political aspects.
Nutrition > Requirements.
Food > Analysis.
Nutrition policy.
Nutritional Requirements
Food Analysis
Functional Food
Nutrition Policy
Public Opinion
Nutrition > Opinion publique.
Nutraceutiques.
Santé publique > Aspect politique.
Alimentation > Besoins.
Aliments > Analyse.
Politique alimentaire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A clash of nutritional ideologies
  • The nutritionism paradigm : reductive approaches to nutrients, food, and the body
  • The era of quantifying nutritionism : protective nutrients, caloric reductionism, and vitamania
  • The era of good-and-bad nutritionism : bad nutrients and nutricentric dietary guidelines
  • The macro-nutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets
  • Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco : from trans-fats to I-fats
  • The era of functional nutritionism : targeted nutrients, superfoods, and optimal diets
  • The nutritional façade of functional foods : nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism
  • The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body
  • After nutritionism.

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