Gyorgy Scrinis

The Science and Politics of Dietary AdvicePopularized by Michael Pollan in his best-selling In Defense of Food, Gyorgy Scrinis concept of nutritionism refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy foodan approach to food that now dominates nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. Scrinis argues...

Popularized by Michael Pollan in his best-selling In Defense of Food, Gyorgy Scrinis's concept of nutritionism refers to the reductive understanding of nutrients as the key indicators of healthy food -- an approach that has dominated nutrition science, dietary advice, and food marketing. Scrinis argues this ideology has narrowed and in some cases...