Why calories count : from science to politics / Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nestle, Marion.

Contributor:

Nesheim, Malden C.

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; 33.

California studies in food and culture ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Caloric content.

Food.

Food consumption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Calories-too few or too many-are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically. As they take readers through the issues that are fundamental to our understanding of diet and food, weight gain, loss, and obesity, Nestle and Nesheim sort through a great deal of the misinformation put forth by food manufacturers and diet program promoters. They elucidate the political stakes and show how federal and corporate policies have come together to create an "eat more" environment. Finally, having armed readers with the necessary information to interpret food labels, evaluate diet claims, and understand evidence as presented in popular media, the authors offer some candid advice: Get organized. Eat less. Eat better. Move more. Get political.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part One. Understanding Calories: It All Starts with the Science

Part Two. Why You Need Calories: Survival, Warmth, and Work

Part Three. Calorie Intake and Its Regulation

Part Four. Too Few Calories

Part Five. Too Many Calories

Part Six. The Politics of Calories: A Closer Look

Conclusion: How to Cope with the Calorie Environment

Appendix One. Selected Events in the History of Calories, 1614 - 1919

Appendix Two. The Respiratory Quotient (RQ)

Appendix Three. Frequently Asked Questions

Notes

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613520913

9781784024451

1784024457

9781280116629

1280116625

9780520952171

0520952170

OCLC:

776108958