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Jessica J. Mudry

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Ebook

2009

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

18 février 2009

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780791493861

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

As nutritional studies proliferate, producing more and more knowledge about the connection between diet and health, Americans seem increasingly confused about what to eat to stay healthy. In Measured Meals, Jessica J. Mudry looks at the language used in the United States to communicate about health and nutrition, and reveals its effects on reframing, reshaping, and controlling what and how Americans eat. Analyzing the USDA and American federal food guidelines over the past one hundred years, Mudry shows how the language of nutrition has evolved over time. She critiques the trend of discussing food in terms of quantification—calories, vitamins, and serving sizes. She also examines how organizations such as the USDA attempt to legislate a healthy diet by mandating quantities of food based on measurable nutrients, revealing the power of language to make meaning and influence social action.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
Eating by Numbers: How Language Shapes Food and Eating

2. The Early History of American Nutrition Research: From Quality to Quantity

3. Reading Federal Nutrition Guides: Quantification as Communication Strategy

4. The Food Pyramid: Visualizing Quantification

5. Scaling the Pyramid: Criticisms of the USDA

6. Talking about Taste: Alternatives to a Discourse of Quantification

7. Conclusion
Rethinking Common Sense: Toward a Rhetoric of Eating Notes

References
Index

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

18 février 2009

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780791493861

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

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Measured Meals

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Measured Meals Nutrition in America 

Jessica J. Mudry

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Mudry, Jessica J., 1974– Measured meals : nutrition in America / Jessica J. Mudry. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-9381-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Nutrition—United States. 2. Nutrition policy—United States. United States. 4. Rhetoric. I. Title.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four