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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 labeland who gets to decide that.

Table of Contents
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

From Label to Table

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 17 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9780520298811
      978-0520298811
      ISBN-10 0520298810
      Also in:
      Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 labeland who gets to decide that.

      Table of Contents
      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

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