What to Eat
By Marion Nestle · 2010
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- About this editionISBN: 9781429934473, 1429934476Page count: 624Published: April 2010Format: ebookPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Marion NestleCreate citationTable of contentsSince its publication in hardcover last year, Marion Nestle's What to Eat has become the definitive guide to making healthy and informed choices about food. Praised as "radiant with maxims to live by" in The New York Times Book Review and "accessible, reliable and comprehensive" in The Washington Post, What to Eat is an indispensable resource, packed with important information and useful advice from the acclaimed nutritionist who "has become to the food industry what . . . Ralph Nader [was] to the automobile industry" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
How we choose which foods to eat is growing more complicated by the day, and the straightforward, practical approach of What to Eat has been praised as welcome relief. As Nestle takes us through each supermarket section--produce, dairy, m...Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessOther editions200617 Apr 2007North Point PressFarrar, Straus and GirouxHardcoverPaperback611 pages611 pagesCommon terms and phrasesadvertisingAmericanamountsanimalsaspartameAssociationbacteriabeefbetterblood cholesterolbottled waterbreadcalciumcaloriescancercarbohydratesCertified Organiccheesechemicalschickenchoicescholesterolcoffeeconsumerscontaincookiescookingcorn syrupcostcowsdairy foodsdietDietaryeggsEPAexamplefarmed salmonfatty acidsFDAfeedfiberfishflavorflourfood companiesformulasMore terms and phrasesShow lessGet bookBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatSimilar booksFeed Your Pet RightThe Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and CatBy Marion Nestle, Malden NesheimHuman nutrition expert and author of the critically acclaimed What to Eat, Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., has joined forces with Malden C. Nesheim, Ph.D., a Cornell animal nutrition expert, to write ...Eat Drink VoteAn Illustrated Guide to Food PoliticsBy Marion NestleWhat's wrong with the US food system? Why is half the world starving while the other half battles obesity? Who decides our food issues, and why can't we do better with labeling, safety, or school ...Soda PoliticsTaking on Big Soda (and Winning)By Marion NestleSodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned their makers--principally Coca-Cola and PepsiCo--into a ...More booksAbout the workOriginally published: May 28, 2006Subject: Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Diets, Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / General, Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, Health & Fitness / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene, Cooking / General, Medical / Nutrition, Diet -- Popular works, Diet in disease, Food, Health -- Popular works, Health behavior, Nutrition -- Popular worksMOREAuthorMarion Nestle is the most respected nutritionist in America today. Her book Food Politics was given the James Beard Award, the top award for food writing; that book and its follow-up, Safe Food, are backlist classics for the University of California Press. A longtime nutritionist and former head of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, Nestle lectures worldwide and was featured in the movie Super Size Me. A native New Yorker, she raised her family in California and now lives in Greenwich Village.Search Marion NestleAwardsJames Beard Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship2007 · 2007 JBF Book, Broadcast & Journalism AwardsMore by authorFood PoliticsHow the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and HealthBy Marion NestleWe all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition ...Pet Food PoliticsThe Chihuahua in the Coal MineBy Marion NestleMarion Nestle, acclaimed author of Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. ...Unsavory TruthHow Food Companies Skew the Science of What We EatBy Marion NestleA James Beard Award-winner and the author of What to Eat and Soda Politics, leading nutritionist Marion Nestle exposes how the food industry corrupts scientific research for profit.Is chocolate heart ...More booksPublisher