Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food & Culture) (Hardcover)

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"In this fascinating book we learn how powerful, intrusive, influential, and invasive big industry is and how alert we must constantly be to prevent it from influencing not only our own personal nutritional choices, but those of our government agencies. Marion Nestle has presented us with a courageous and masterful expose." -Julia Child; "Food politics underlie all politics in the United States. There is no industry more important to Americans, more fundamentally linked to our well-being and the future well-being of our children. Nestle reveals how corporate control of the nation's food system limits our choices and threatens our health. If you eat, you should read this book." -Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation; "Blockbuster' is one of the best ways that I could describe this book.... A major contribution to understanding the interaction of politics and science, especially the science of nutrition, it is of extreme value to virtually all policy makers and to everyone concerned with the American diet." -Sheldon Margen, editor of the Berkeley Wellness Letter

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We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing expose, 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 overefficient food industry must do everything possible to persuade people to eat more - 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 very big business. Food companies in 2000 generated nearly 900 billion dollars in sales. They have stakeholders to please, shareholders to satisfy, and government regulations to deal with. It is nevertheless shocking to learn precisely how food companies lobby officials, co-opt experts, and expand sales by marketing to children, members of minority groups, and people in developing countries. We learn that the food industry plays politics as well as or better than other industries, not least because so much of its activity takes place outside the public view. Editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, Nestle is uniquely qualified to lead us through the maze of food industry interests and influences. Her accessible and balanced account will forever change the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. By explaining how much the food industry influences government nutrition policies and how cleverly it links its interests to those of nutrition experts, this pathbreaking book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.

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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. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   26 of 27 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Must-read for anyone who is concerned about health and food., 9 Jan 2004 By  LaCatalina (London) - See all my reviews This review is from: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food & Culture) (Paperback) I'm telling everyone I know to read this book. It helped me see through the collusion of government and industry in relation to what we eat everyday. It also dispelled any illusions I had that consumers have that much of a choice when it comes to the food they eat and buy. It sounds like a dire subject, but it's a very entertaining read, with many useful charts, photographs, and diagrams. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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