Scrinis Nutritionism

The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-52714-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History

An eye-opening study undermining our focus on nutrients as the key to healthy eating.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scrinis, Gyorgy

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations
1. A Clash of Nutritional Ideologies
2. The Nutritionism Paradigm: Reductive Approaches to Nutrients
3. The Era of Quantifying Nutritionism: Protective Nutrients
4. The Era of Good- and-Bad Nutritionism: Bad Nutrients and Nutricentric Dietary Guidelines
5. The Macronutrient Diet Wars: From the Low-Fat Campaign to Low-Calorie
6. Margarine, Butter, and the Trans-Fats Fiasco
7. The Era of Functional Nutritionism: Functional Nutrients
8. Functional Foods: Nutritional Engineering
9. The Food Quality Paradigm: Alternative Approaches to Food and the Body
10. After Nutritionism
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The Nutritionism and Food Quality Lexicon
Notes
Index

Leseproben

Read an excerpt from the chapter, "A Clash of Nutritional Ideologies":

Über Autor(innen)

Gyorgy Scrinis is a lecturer in food politics in the School of Land and Environment at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research addresses the politics, sociology, and philosophy of food and of science and technology.