Food Politics How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

Name: Food Politics How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
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ISBN: 9780520275966

ISBN-10: 0520275969

ISBN-13: 9780520275966

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan

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We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States--enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over--has a downside. Our over-efficient food industry must do everything possible to persuade people to eatmore--more food, more often, and in larger portions--no matter what it does to waistlines or well-being.Like manufacturing cigarettes or building weapons, making food is big business. Food companies in 2000 generated nearly $900…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 534
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for "The New York Times Magazine" as well as a contributing editor at "Harper's" magazine. He is the author of two prizewinning books: "Second Nature: A Gardener's Education" & "A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder". Pollan lives in Connecticut with his wife & son.