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Interrogating Moral and Quantification Discourses in Nutritional Knowledge.

Authors :
biltekoff, charlotte
mudry, jessica
kimura, aya h.
landecker, hannah
guthman, julie
Source :
Gastronomica. Fall2014, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p17-26. 10p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

This conversation is part of a special issue on ''Critical Nutrition'' in which multiple authors weigh in on various themes related to the origins, character, and consequences of contemporary American nutrition discourses and practices, as well as how nutrition might be known and done differently. In this section authors focus on the hegemony of reductionism and quantification in modern-day nutritional knowledge by discussing the historical foundations and ethical dimensions, as well as the scientific absences, in this knowledge. Reviewing various challenges to the energy balance model, they all suggest that the promotion of good nutrition is far from simple. Some authors also discuss why various ''invisible" nutrients and measures of good nutrition continue to hold so much sway in nutrition discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15293262
Volume :
14
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Gastronomica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
98226377
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2014.14.3.17