Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health

Abstract

Preface Introduction: The Food Industry and Eat More PART ONE Undermining Dietary Advice 1. From Eat More to Eat Less, 1900-1990 2. Politics versus Science: Opposing the Food Pyramid, 1991-1992 3. Deconstructing Dietary Advice PART TWO Working the System 4. Influencing Government: Food Lobbies and Lobbyists 5. Co-opting Nutrition Professionals 6. Winning Friends, Disarming Critics 7. Playing Hardball: Legal and Not PART THREE Exploiting Kids, Corrupting Schools 8. Starting Early: Underage Consumers 9. Pushing Soft Drinks: Pouring Rights PART FOUR Deregulating Dietary Supplements 10. Science versus Supplements: A Gulf of Mutual Incomprehension 11. Making Health Claims Legal: The Supplement Industry's War with the FDA 12. Deregulation and Its Consequences PART FIVE Inventing Techno-Foods 13. Go Forth and Fortify 14. Beyond Fortification: Making Foods Functional 15. Selling the Ultimate Techno-Food: Olestra Conclusion: The Politics of Food Choice Appendix: Issues in Nutrition and Nutrition Research Notes List of Tables List of Figures Index