Screen LibraryFood politics：how the food industry influences nutrition and health
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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California studies in food and culture ; 3 |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 457 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0520224655 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F471 |
| CLC: | F471.268 |
| Call Number: | F471.268/N468 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-438) and index. 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 |