Doing Nutrition Differently: Critical Approaches to Diet and Dietary Intervention
| By: | Hayes-Conroy, Allison, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781409434795 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472404350 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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'Hegemonic nutrition' is produced and proliferated by a wide variety of social institutions such as mainstream nutrition science, clinical nutrition as well as those less classically linked such as life science/agro-food companies, the media, family, education, religion and the law. The collective result is an approach to and practice of nutrition that alleges not only one single, clear-cut and consented-upon set of rules for 'healthy eating,' but also tacit criteria for determining individual fault, usually some combination of lack of education, motivation, and unwillingness to comply.
Offering a collection of critical, interdisciplinary replies and responses to the matter of 'hegemonic nutrition' this book presents contributions from a wide variety of perspectives