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'The book opens with an overview of ""the politics of food consumption and health"" and then delves into three chapters rich—and dense—with theory...Though there is no direct comparison, the book is a deeper, headier dive from general overviews, such as the 2013 revised and expanded edition of Marion Nestle’s Food Politics (CH, Oct'03, 41-0962) or Michael Moss’s Salt, Sugar, Fat (CH, Aug'13, 50-6793)...Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.'- J. M. Deutsch, Drexel University, CHOICE, October 2015 ""Mahoney’s research consists of synthesising a wide range of published studies on health and nutrition, marketing and food production...What is especially interesting is her argument that the expan-sion of sites where food can be purchased, from bookshops to fitness centres, encourages overeat-ing. Indeed, food is omnipresent and much of it is cheap. "".- Laura J. Miller Brandeis University, Sociology of Health & Illness Vol.

'The book opens with an overview of the politics of food consumption and health and then delves into three chapters rich-and dense-with theory...Though there is no direct comparison, the book is a deeper, headier dive from general overviews, such as the 2013 revised and expanded edition of Marion Nestle's Food Politics (CH, Oct'03, 41-0962) or Michael Moss's Salt, Sugar, Fat (CH, Aug'13, 50-6793)...Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.'- J. M. Deutsch, Drexel University, CHOICE, October 2015

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Following an extended career in public affairs, as a speechwriter and later as a newsroom journalist and editor, Carolyn Mahoney obtained her doctorate at the University of Sussex, UK. She is based in London and is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Brighton, UK.

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