Nutrition in Britain
Nutrition in Britain

Author: David F. Smith

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780415112147

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For the first time a collection of essays are brought together to consider the way social processes have been involved in the implementation of nutritional science in 20th century Britain.

Nutrition in Britain
Nutrition in Britain

Author: David Smith

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1136156755

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This volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays, based on original research, which focus on the history of nutrition science in Britain. Each chapter considers a different episode in the development and application of nutritional knowledge during the twentieth century. The topics covered include: the chewing cult of Horace Fletcher, dietetic education, the popularization of milk, the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory, and wartime involvement in policy making. The selection of essays in Nutrition in Britain provide valuable new insights into the social processes involved in the production and application of scientific knowledge of nutrition. This book will be fascinating reading to historians of science or medicine, as well as to medical sociologists, nutritionists, home economists, health educators, food activists and anyone with a professional or general interest in food and nutrition.