Terrors of the table : the curious history of nutrition /

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Tells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gratzer, W. B. (Walter Bruno), 1932-2021
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Nutrition > History.
Diet in disease > History.
Food > History.
Nutrition Disorders > history
Diet Therapy > history
Vitamins > history
Nutrition > Histoire.
Aliments > Histoire.
Régimes alimentaires > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.
Food.
Diet in disease.
Nutrition.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Tells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index.
ISBN:9780191513084
0191513083

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