Terrors of the table [[electronic resource] ] : the curious history of nutrition / / Walter Gratzer

• Autore: Gratzer W. B (Walter Bruno), <1932->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.209
• Soggetto topico: Nutrition - History; Diet in disease - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Picture acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Ravages of War; 2 The Scurvy Wars; 3 In the Beginning; 4 Dawn of the Scientific Age: the Road to the Scaffold; 5 The Savants' Disputes; 6 The Poor, the Rich, the Healthy, and the Sick; 7 Cheats and Poisoners; 8 Paradigm Postponed: the Tardy Arrival of Vitamins; 9 The Quarry Run to Earth; 10 Fads and Quacks; 11 The New Millennium: Profits and the Higher Quackery; Appendix: The Hard Science; Further Reading and 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; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Tells the story of our struggle to recognise the connections between diet, health, and disease. This book combines the science of nutrition with a history of the fads and quackery that waylay the unwary when it comes to matters of food and health.
• Titolo autorizzato: Terrors of the table
• ISBN: 1-280-75270-X; 0-19-151308-3; 1-4294-2114-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458740603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II