Eat drink vote : an illustrated guide to food politics
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- ISBN: 9781609615864
- ISBN: 1609615867
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xxi, 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm - Publisher: New York, NY : Rodale, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- why an illustrated guide to food politics? -- Food is political? -- About the cartoons -- A note to readers -- 1. The American food system : from farm to table -- The US agricultural system -- Food system politics -- Today's food marketing environment -- 2. Why food production matters : hunger and its consequences -- Hunger in America -- Hunger in the world -- Food in international relations -- 3. Why food production matters : obesity and what to do about it -- Eat less -- Move more -- Should the government intervene? -- 4. What are we supposed to eat? -- What the government says : pyramids -- The Obama Administration's innovation : MyPlate -- A problem : nutrition research is hard to do -- Another problem : dietary advice is hard to follow -- Does it matter what we ear? -- 5. What about feeding kids? -- The problem : marketing food to kids -- The result : childhood obesity -- Can school food be fixed? -- The politics of feeding kids -- 6. Food issues : who decides? -- Alcoholic beverages -- Vitamin supplements -- Pet foods -- Genetically modified foods -- Cloned animals -- 7. Food safety : who is responsible? -- Microbes in the food supply -- Why not irradiate? -- What about chemical contaminants? -- Most frightening of all : Mad Cow Disease -- 8. Food labels versus marketing -- Informing customers : food labels -- Labeling beverages -- Marketing health : label claims -- 9. Fixing the food system : regulations -- Banning trans fats -- Posting calories -- Taxing junk foods and sodas -- Capping soda sizes -- The food industry : responding to critics -- 10. Fixing the food system : the food movement -- Changing the food system -- Buying local -- Buying organic -- Protecting animal welfare -- Choosing to go vegetarian -- Growing the food movement. |
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Genre: | Cartoon Popular Work cartoons (humorous images) Cartoons (Humor) Caricatures and cartoons. Cartoons (Humor) Dessins humoristiques. |
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