Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gyorgy ScrinisSeries:Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary HPublish date:2013-06-18Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231156561ISBN-10:231156561UPC:9780231156561Book Category:Health & Fitness, Social Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Diet & Nutrition, Agriculture & Food, Food ScienceBook Topic:NutritionSize:9.34 x 6.22 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCH7CPRNXN
Popularized by Michael Pollan in his best-selling In Defense of Food, Gyorgy Scrinis's concept of nutritionism refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy food--an approach that has dominated nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. Scrinis argues this ideology has narrowed and in some cases distorted our appreciation of food quality, such...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231156561ISBN-10:231156561UPC:9780231156561Book Category:Health & Fitness, Social Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Diet & Nutrition, Agriculture & Food, Food ScienceBook Topic:NutritionSize:9.34 x 6.22 x 1.07 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCH7CPRNXN
Gyorgy Scrinis is a lecturer in food politics in the School of Land and Environment at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research addresses the politics, sociology, and philosophy of food and of science and technology.
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