Food Politics

How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

Author: Marion Nestle
ISBN: 9780520275966

We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing expos�, 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 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 big business. Food companies in 2000 generated nearly $900 billion 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

Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 2013

Subjects: Cooking / Essays & Narratives, Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / General, Political Science / Public Policy / General, Social Science / Agriculture & Food

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