Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health Volume 3 (Paperback, First Edition)

Foreword by Michael Pollan
Preface to the 2007 Edition First Edition
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

Afterword:
Food Politics: Five Years Later and Beyond

Appendix: Issues in Nutrition and Nutrition Research

Notes
List of Tables
List of Figures
Index