Shifting Food Facts - Dietary Discourse in a Post-Truth Culture

This book offers a much-needed reframing of food discourse by presenting alternative ways of thinking about the changing politics of food, eating, and nutrition. It examines critical epistemological questions of how food knowledge comes to be shaped and why we see pendulum swings when it comes to the question of what to eat.

List of contents

Introduction: Food Facts in a Post-Truth Culture 1. Western Genealogies of Healthy Eating: From Humoural Medicine to Modern Nutritionism 2. Shifting Food Facts of Canada's Food Guides, 1942-2019 3. Dairy: Beyond "Got" and "Not" Milk 4. Wheat: Global Staple, Modern Health Scourge 5. Meat: The False Divides between Veganism and Carnism. Conclusions: The Trouble with Singular Food Truths

About the author

Alissa Overend is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at MacEwan University. Her research in the areas of critical food, health, and nutrition studies questions the shaping of contemporary health and illness phenomena and the politics of knowledge therein.

Summary

This book offers a much-needed reframing of food discourse by presenting alternative ways of thinking about the changing politics of food, eating, and nutrition. It examines critical epistemological questions of how food knowledge comes to be shaped and why we see pendulum swings when it comes to the question of what to eat.

Product details

• Authors: Alissa Overend
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781138549555
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54955-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Critical Food Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Food & beverage technology, Human Geography, Food and beverage technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General, Obesity: Treatment & Therapy, Obesity: treatment and therapy, MEDICAL / Bariatrics