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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 15 October 2025
- ISBN 9780197802816
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 210x140 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
In the second edition of Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know?, Harvard- and Columbia-trained scientist and food lover Dr. P.K. Newby applies a multidisciplinary lens and ecological paradigm to shine a spotlight on today's food problems, farm to fork and far beyond, while sharing the keys to creating healthy and sustainable diets for ourselves and the planet we share. Updated chapters reveal striking new data on plant-based diets, longevity, and sustainability; food and mental health; diet, COVID-19, and immunity; mega-factory-farming and climate change; and ultra-processed foods and chronic disease.
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An eye-opening examination of food and nutrition that reveals the truth about what we eat and why it matters, while helping readers distinguish between science and disinformation and inspiring eaters to create healthy and sustainable diets for all.
From plant-based meat to ultra-processed foods, GMOs to grass-fed beef, our newsfeeds abound with food and nutrition advice?and a lot of it just isn't true. From sensational headlines to social media anecdotes, misinformation doesn't make it easy for eaters just trying to get a healthy meal on the table. Meanwhile, congested food environments fuel incessant consumption, making everyday diets more like an all-you-can-eat buffet?and not in a good way.
There is an urgent need for evidence-based guidance that nurtures good health, well-being, and green eating, and Harvard- and Columbia-trained scientist and food lover Dr. P.K. Newby heeds the call. In Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know?, Newby cuts through the confusion, addressing 158 standalone questions on why what we eat matters, farm to fork and far beyond. With wisdom and wit, Newby shines a spotlight on today's food challenges while showing that the whole diet is greater than the sum of its parts, and one size doesn't fit all. The book applies an ecological lens, delving into the interconnected aspects of health, environment, economy, and society, reminding that food isn't just medicine, nor is individual nutrition its only offering. This second edition dives deeper into the global agrifood system, revealing striking new data on plant-based diets, longevity, and sustainability; food and mental health; diet, COVID-19, and immunity; megafactory farming and climate change; and ultra-processed foods and chronic disease.
Newby's passion for all things food shines through it all, as does her belief in the power of the human spirit, science, and technology to create healthy and sustainable diets for ourselves, our future, and for the planet we share. The time for the next food revolution is now.
Table of Contents:
Preface: Confused About What to Eat for Good Health and a Green Planet? The Truth Is Out There
Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction: The State of Food, Nutrition, and Our Environment
1. Setting the Stage: Who Grows Food, What Are We Eating, and Why Is Science So Important?
2. Diet and Disease: New and Continuing Public Health Threats
3. Big Food Costs: Environmental Damage, Resource Depletion, and Climate Change
Part II. Dining Throughout Human History: Science, Technology, Eater, Environment
4. How Revolutions, Discoveries, and Inventions Shape Our Diets: Paleo to Present
5. Contemporary Food Production and Processing
6. Pop Nutrition and Buzzwords: Fact or Fiction?
7. Diet Drivers in Today's Food Environments: Why, How, When, and Where We Eat
Part III. Nutrition 101: Essential Building Blocks, Ecological Context
8. Water: Hydration, Fluoridation, and Plastic Contamination
9. Vitamins, Minerals, and Phytochemicals
10. Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Fiber
11. The Facts on Fats and Environmental Impacts
12. The Truth About Protein and Amino Acids
13 Alcohol and Health: Cheers!?
Part IV. Food, Glorious Food: The Powers and Pleasures of Plant-Based Diets
14. Spilling the Beans on Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate
15. Vegetables and Fruits: Devour the Rainbow
16. The Whole Truth: Cereal Grains, Grass, and Gluten
17. Beautiful Beans and Other Plant Proteins
Part V. All About Animal Foods: Mega-Factory-Farm to Fork and Beyond
18. Making the Meat You Eat: There's Nothing Natural About It
19. Meat and Eggs: Are Some Choices Better than Others?
20. Milk, Dairy, and Yogurt: Nutritional Benefits and Risks
21. Fishy Matters: Wild Caught, Farmed, and Health Considerations
Part VI. The Food Revolution: Creating Healthy and Sustainable Diets for All
22. Solving Food and Nutrition Problems: Strategies, Goals, and Gaps
23. Best Evidence for Losing Weight and Living Longer
24. Step Up Your Food Game and Stay in the Know
25. The Intertwined Future of Food and Nutrition
Notes
Selected References
Index
