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Food Industry and Political Influences on American Nutrition

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We eat what we buy and decisions about what we buy are heavily influenced by the food industry, government policies, and our personal beliefs about food. A nutritionist’s viewpoint with respect to eating is expected to be governed largely by objective, peer-reviewed science, but the beliefs of most people are insulated from that primary layer of information. In modern industrialized nations, most people’s beliefs and behaviors about nutrition are influenced directly or indirectly by, amongst other factors, governmental nutritional policy. For all of us, appreciating the influence placed on our nutrition habits can be a tough pill to swallow.

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  1. Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10003-7035, USA

    Marion Nestle PhD, MPH

  2. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

    Marion Nestle PhD, MPH

  3. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, 55987, USA

    Ted Wilson PhD

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  1. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, T9S 3A3, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple

  2. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, 54603, Minnesota, USA

    Ted Wilson

  3. School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community H, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second St., Minneapolis, 55454, USA

    David R. Jacobs, Jr.

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Nestle, M., Wilson, T. (2012). Food Industry and Political Influences on American Nutrition. In: Temple, N., Wilson, T., Jacobs, Jr., D. (eds) Nutritional Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-894-8_22

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