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Autore |
Mudry Jessica J. <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Measured meals [[electronic resource] ] : nutrition in America / / Jessica J. Mudry |
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Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-9386-5 |
1-4416-1576-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nutrition - United States |
Nutrition policy - United States |
Diet - United States |
Rhetoric |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Measured Meals -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Eating by Numbers: How Language Shapes Food and Eating -- 1. The Early History ofAmerican Nutrition Research: From Quality to Quantity -- 2. Reading Federal Nutrition Guides: Quantification as Communication Strategy -- 3. The Food Pyramid: Visualizing Quantification -- 4. Scaling the Pyramid: Criticisms of the USDA -- 5. Talking about Taste: Alternatives to a Discourse of Quantifi cation -- Conclusion. Rethinking Common SenseToward a Rhetoric of Eating -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language. |
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