{"product_id":"why-calories-count-from-science-to-politics-9780520280052","title":"Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics","description":"Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In \u003ci\u003eWhy Calories Count, \u003c\/i\u003e Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically. As they take readers through the issues that are fundamental to our understanding of diet and food, weight gain, loss, and obesity, Nestle and Nesheim sort through a great deal of the misinformation put forth by food manufacturers and diet program promoters. They elucidate the political stakes and show how federal and corporate policies have come together to create an \"eat more\" environment. Finally, having armed readers with the necessary information to interpret food labels, evaluate diet claims, and understand evidence as presented in popular media, the authors offer some candid advice: Get organized. Eat less. Eat better. Move more. Get political.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion Nestle\u003c\/b\u003e is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat to Eat\u003c\/i\u003e and, from UC Press, \u003ci\u003eFood Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine\u003c\/i\u003e. Malden Nesheim is Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. He is coauthor (with Marion Nestle) of \u003ci\u003eFeed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Ann L. Yaktine) of the Institute of Medicine report \u003ci\u003eSeafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325019427090,"sku":"9780520280052","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_385fb430-d31b-4f8e-aece-9d56007bbaa1.jpg?v=1727678499","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-calories-count-from-science-to-politics-9780520280052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}