Screen LibraryNutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice /
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history
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| Carrier Form: | vi, 352 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-330) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231156561 (cloth : acid-free paper) : 0231156561 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | RA784 |
| CLC: | R151 |
| Call Number: | R151/S434 |
| Contents: | 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 macronutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets -- Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco -- The era of functional nutritionism : functional nutrients, superfoods, and optimal dietary patterns -- Functional foods: nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism -- The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body -- After nutritionism. |