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Presents historical perspectives on the theory, practices, and
policies of nutrition science in Western Europe and the United
States from the 1860s to the 1960s. Suzanne Junod's essay
"Proscribing Deception": The Gould Net Weight Amendment and the
Origins of Mandatory Nutrition Labeling" is the winner of the 2017
Charles Thomson Prize of the Society for the History of the Federal
Government. In the second half of the nineteenth century, ways of
thinking about food changed as chemists and physiologists
identified nutrients and bodily needs and as urbanization,
industrialization, and colonial encounters challenged traditional
dietary customs and assumptions. Emerging as a reaction to concerns
about industrial and military power, social welfare, and public
health, the science of nutrition sought to define the norms and
needs of variable human bodies, setting standards for bodies and
foods that would enable physicians and politicians to develop
nutritional recommendations and food policies for individuals and
populations. Setting Nutritional Standards brings together authors
from a variety of disciplines to explore perspectives on the
theory, practices, and policies of modern nutrition science from
the 1860s to the 1960s. The essays place the new science of
nutritionwithin the changing social landscapes of Western Europe
and the United States at the intersection of medicine, policy,
social reform agendas, and public health initiatives. CONTRIBUTORS:
Nick Cullather, Suzanne Junod, Deborah Neill, Elizabeth Neswald,
David F. Smith, Ulrike Thoms, Corinna Treitel, Ina
Zweiniger-Bargielowska Elizabeth Neswald is associate professor for
the history of science and technology at Brock University,
Canada.David F. Smith is Honorary Senior Lecturer in the history of
medicine at the University of Aberdeen. Ulrike Thoms is a historian
of science and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the
History of Science.
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