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Food Politics

How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

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Food Politics

By: Marion Nestle
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.

This book is published by University of California Press.

©2002 Marion Nestle (P)2010 Redwood Audiobooks Cooking Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Food & Wine Gastronomy Medicine & Health Care Industry Policy & Administration Political Science Politics & Government

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"Combining the scientific background of a researcher and the skills of a teacher, Nestle has made a complex subject easy to understand." ( New York Times)
"If you eat, you should read this book." (Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation)
"Controversial... Dishes up many of the industry's dirtiest secrets: how multinational companies spend billions to convince us that unhealthy foods are good for us and lobby the government to sway dietary regulations and subsidies in their favor." ( Village Voice
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I am now more involved with food and the idea of politics and food before I became a chef was not on my radar. I now see and understand the issues around food, sourcing, supply, pricing, safety, marketing etc and have to find ways to deal with them in my daily life.

The insights that Marion has are useful and real! Its an interesting and sometimes difficult read but it does highlight some of the issues we all need to think about and even make decisions on ourselves when it comes to food.



Well done!

Food - not just for eating....

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Everyone who eats food should read this. Even if it is a few years old, everything still applies to this day.

very good book

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Some interesting stories on lobbyism and politics. However it is filled with outdated references to the importance of sticking to the food pyramid, load up on carbohydrates, avoid fat, especially saturated fat and target lower total cholesterol/ldl.

I recommend you check out Nina Teicholz's Big Fat Surprise instead.

Disappointing

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Largely irrelevant to British listeners, statistics mostly 50 to 30 years old. Biased too. Can’t believe my girlfriend told me to download this utter shit.

Outdated and dull

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This book relates entirely to particular practices in America so it's irrelevant if you live elsewhere.

Not relevant

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