02489nam 2200601Ia 450 991082361430332120240417040038.00-7914-9386-51-4416-1576-8(CKB)1000000000786245(OCoLC)429905174(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587241(SSID)ssj0000199894(PQKBManifestationID)11187652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199894(PQKBWorkID)10196189(PQKB)11205766(MiAaPQ)EBC3408042(Au-PeEL)EBL3408042(CaPaEBR)ebr10587241(EXLCZ)99100000000078624520080728d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMeasured meals[electronic resource] nutrition in America /Jessica J. Mudry1st ed.Albany SUNY Pressc20091 online resource (227 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-9381-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.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.Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.NutritionUnited StatesNutrition policyUnited StatesDietUnited StatesRhetoricNutritionNutrition policyDietRhetoric.613.20973Mudry Jessica J.1974-1615699MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823614303321Measured meals3946012UNINA