From Label to Table

Regulating Food in America in the Information Age
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-29881-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 312 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 227 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 444 g

Reihe: California Studies in Food and Culture

How did the Nutrition Facts label come to appear on millions of everyday American household food products? As Xaq Frohlich reveals, this legal, scientific, and seemingly innocuous strip of information can be a prism through which to view the high-stakes political battles and development of scientific ideas that have shaped the realms of American health, nutrition, and public communication. By tracing policy debates at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Frohlich describes the emergence of our present information age in food and diet markets and examines how powerful government offices inform the public about what they consume. From Label to Table explores evolving popular ideas about food, diet, and responsibility for health that have influenced what goes on the Nutrition Facts label—and who gets to decide that.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frohlich, Xaq

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Primary Sources

Introduction: Food and Power in the Information Age

1. An Age of Standards

2. Gatekeepers and Hidden Persuaders

3. Malnourished or Misinformed?

4. The Market Turn

5. A Government Brand

6. Labeling Lifestyles

Conclusion: The Informational Turn in Food Politics

Chronology

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Xaq Frohlich is Associate Professor of History of Technology at Auburn University. He works on issues relating to food and risk at the intersections of science, law, and markets.