Nutritionism: the science and politics of dietary advice

Demystifies the popular obsession with 'good' versus 'bad' nutrients, showing how this is used by the food industry to promote processed foods with misleading health claims. Gyorgy Scrinis reveals the scientific, social and economic drivers behind this misleading focus on individ...

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Main Author: Scrinis, Gyorgy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge 2020
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Summary:Demystifies the popular obsession with 'good' versus 'bad' nutrients, showing how this is used by the food industry to promote processed foods with misleading health claims. Gyorgy Scrinis reveals the scientific, social and economic drivers behind this misleading focus on individual nutrients
Physical Description:vi, 352 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9781743316924