Author: Nestle, Marion
Title: Food Politics : How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (2002). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii,457 pp, Series : California Studies in Food and Culture, 3.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents : Introduction: the food industry and "eat more". Undermining dietary advice. From "eat more" to "eat less," 1900-1990 -- Politics versus science: opposing the food pyramid, 1991-1992 -- "Deconstructing" dietary advice. Working the system. Influencing government: food lobbies and lobbyists -- Co-opting nutrition professionals -- Winning friends, disarming critics -- Playing hardball: legal and not. Exploiting kids, corrupting schools. Starting early: underage consumers -- Pushing soft drinks: "pouring rights". Deregulating dietary supplements. Science versus supplements:"a gulf of mutual incomprehension" -- Making health claims legal: the supplement industry’s war with the FDA -- Deregulation and its consequences. Inventing techno-foods. Go forth and fortify -- Beyond fortification: making foods functional -- Selling the ultimate techno-food:olestra.

Keywords: American Nutrition Policy, United States, Food Industry, Marketing, Economic Economy, , , ,