Food Politics
Subtitle: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and Expanded Edition (California Studies in Food and Culture)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780520254039
Subjects: Food manufacturing & related industries; Personal & public health; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Government & Business; Health Policy; Industries - Agribusiness; Social Science / Sociology / General; General; Public Affairs & Administration; Sociology - General; Food industry and trade; Influence; Nutrition policy; Political activity; United States
First sentence: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO eat for more than a century, and the history of such advice reflects changes in agriculture, food product development, and international trade, as well as in science and medicine.