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Recommended Books
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Fast Food Nation
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In 2001,Fast Food Nationwas published to critical acclaim and became an international bestseller. Eric Schlosser’s exposé revealed how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world. The book changed the way millions of people think about what they eat and helped to launch today’s food movement.
In a new afterword for this edition, Schlosser discusses the growing interest in local and organic food, the continued exploitation of poor workers by the food industry, and the need to ensure that every American has access to good, healthy, affordable food. Fast Food Nation is as relevant today as it was a decade ago. The book inspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system, consider its impact on society and, most of all, think for themselves.
Call Number: TX945.3 S355 2012ISBN: 0060838582 -
In Defense of Food
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Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. In this book, he proposes a new way to think about what to eat, informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the nutrient-by-nutrient approach.
Call Number: STACKS RA784 .P643 2008ISBN: 9781594201455Publication Date: 2008-01-01 -
Supersizing Urban America
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In the first book about the U.S. government's problematic role in promoting fast food in inner-city America, Jou tells a riveting story of the food industry, obesity, and race relations in America that is essential to understanding health and obesity in contemporary urban America.
Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780226921945Publication Date: 2017-03-15 -
What's Wrong with Fat?
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The book shows how debates over the relationship between body size and health risk take place within a larger, though often invisible, contest over whether we should understand fatness as obesity at all. Moreover, it reveals that public discussions of the 'obesity crisis' do more harm than good, leading to bullying, weight-based discrimination, and misdiagnoses.
Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780199857081Publication Date: 2013-01-02
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