Bibliograph

Nutritionism, the science and politics of dietary advice, Gyorgy Scrinis

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Nutritionism, the science and politics of dietary advice, Gyorgy Scrinis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-330) and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nutritionism

Oclc number

880565886

Responsibility statement

Gyorgy Scrinis

Series statement

Arts and traditions of the table

Sub title

the science and politics of dietary advice

Table Of Contents

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-fat 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

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