Description |
1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
Series |
Arts and traditions of the table.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A 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-fats 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. |
Note |
Description based on print version record. |
Local Note |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Food -- Composition.
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Functional foods.
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Nutrition -- Public opinion.
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Public health -- Political aspects.
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Related To |
Print version: Scrinis, Gyorgy. Nutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013 vi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Arts and traditions of the table 9780231156561 (OCoLC)824353141 (DLC) 2012050819 |
ISBN |
9780231527149 (e-book) |
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9780231156561 |
OCLC # |
EBC1103464 |
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