Nestle, Marion.

Why calories count : from science to politics / Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - California studies in food and culture ; 33 . - California studies in food and culture ; 33. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-270) and index.

Explores food issues in America including understanding how calories work in the body and understanding how the food industry presents calories on labels.

0520262883 : HRD $29.95 9780520262881

Univ of California Pr, California/Princeton 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618, (609)8831759 SAN 630-639X

2011044785


Food--Caloric content.
Diet.
Obesity--Prevention.
Energy Intake--physiology.
Diet.
Food Industry.
Marketing.
Obesity--prevention & control.
Politics.

TX551 / .N3977 2012

613.2/3

QT 235