Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health: 3 (California Studies in Food and Culture)

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health: 3 (California Studies in Food and Culture)

by Marion Nestle (Author), Marion Nestle (Author)

Synopsis

An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 506
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 0520254031
ISBN 13: 9780520254039

Author Bio
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Author of Nutrition in Clinical Practice, she has served as a nutrition policy advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services and as a member of nutrition and science advisory committees to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. She is the author of Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (UC Press) and What to Eat .