The Science and Culture of Nutrition, 1840-1940
- ISBN-10
- 9004418415
- ISBN-13
- 9789004418417
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-01-29
- Publisher
- BRILL
Description
The Science and Culture of Nutrition, 1840-1940 for the first time looks at the ways in which scientific theories and investigations of nutrition have made their impact on a range of social practices and ideologies, and how these in turn have shaped the priorities and practices of the science of nutrition.
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