Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice

Contributor(s): Scrinis, Gyorgy (Author)

ISBN: 9780231156578

Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Pub Date: February 10, 2015

Dewey: 613.2

LCCN: 2012050819

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.60" L x 5.60" W ( 1.05 lbs) 368 pages

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Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary H

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Description: An eye-opening study undermining our focus on nutrients as the key to healthy eating.

Brief description: Gyorgy Scrinis is a professor of Food and Nutrition Politics and Policy at the University of Melbourne. He has written Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice (Columbia UP, 2015) and articles in Public Health Nutrition and the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.

Review Quotes: Clear and readable overview of food, diet, and what we do and don't know about it.-- "Colorado Springs Independent"

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