Measured meals nutrition in America - Mudry, Jessica J. (SUNY Press, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index
Introduction: Eating by Numbers: How Language Shapes Food and Eating -- 1. The Early History ofAmerican Nutrition Research: From Quality to Quantity -- 2. Reading Federal Nutrition Guides: Quantification as Communication Strategy -- 3. The Food Pyramid: Visualizing Quantification -- 4. Scaling the Pyramid: Criticisms of the USDA -- 5. Talking about Taste: Alternatives to a Discourse of Quantification