UID:
(DE-602)almafu_9959231330502883
Format:
1 online resource (307 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-383-00285-1
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1-280-75270-X
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0-19-151308-3
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1-4294-2114-2
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Combining the history and science of nutrition with tales of the heroes, heroines and charlatans who have told us what we should - and shouldn't - eat, this book chronicles diseases such as scurvy and rickets, as well as exploring current issues caused by bad diets, such as obesity and diabetes.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2005.
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Contents; Picture acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Ravages of War; 2 The Scurvy Wars; 3 In the Beginning; 4 Dawn of the Scientific Age: the Road to the Scaffold; 5 The Savants' Disputes; 6 The Poor, the Rich, the Healthy, and the Sick; 7 Cheats and Poisoners; 8 Paradigm Postponed: the Tardy Arrival of Vitamins; 9 The Quarry Run to Earth; 10 Fads and Quacks; 11 The New Millennium: Profits and the Higher Quackery; Appendix: The Hard Science; Further Reading and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-280661-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780192806611.001.0001
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