ID | 024108 |
Call Number | 613.2/MOS |
Title Proper | Salt sugar fat |
Other Title Information | How the food giants hooked us |
Language | ENG |
Author | Moss, Michael |
Publication | New York, Random House Paperbacks, 2013. |
Description | xxx, 446p White spine |
Note | he author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet. Traces the rise of the processed food industry and how addictive salt, sugar, and fat have enabled its dominance in the past half century, revealing deliberate corporate practices behind current trends in obesity, diabetes, and other health challenges. We are hooked on salt, sugar and fat. These three simple ingredients are used by the major food companies to achieve the greatest allure for the lowest possible cost. Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss exposes the practices of some of the most recognisable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century. |
Standard Number | 9780812982190 |
Price. Qualification | $18(Pb) |
Classification Number | 613.2 |
Key Words | IBDP ; TOK ; Nutrition - Economic aspects - United States ; Food habits - Economic aspects - United States |