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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
Written by Marion Nestle
Narrated by Kate Reading
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About this audiobook
An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.
Author
Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics, Safe Food, and What to Eat, as well as Pet Food Politics. Visit her online at www.foodpolitics.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love this book. Amazing information. Also the voice of the narrator makes it a really pleasant listen.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Unfortunately I was lost I'm the first few minutes. Clear narrating is what I near for a 9 hour audio book, not someone with a lisp.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is mind blowing. We need more honest nutritionist/dietitian/public health concern.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Meat is so dangerous... This is so stupide I can't respect this nosense, I can't trust anything she say if this hear base of relative Intelligence.