"Nutritionism - or nutritional reductionism - is characterised by a reductive focus on the nutrient composition of foods as the means for understanding their healthfulness, as well as by reductive interpretation of the role of these nutrients in bodily health." (p2) #Nutritionism
👇 p13 #Nutritionism
- Preserves authority & interests of 'nutrition experts'
- Traditional & cultural knowledge of food, or people's sensual/practical experience with food is devalued
- Serves interests of food, supplement & wt loss industries (#CDoH)
We need to include discussions re industry influence (#COI & #CDoH) on policymaking if we truly want to put the #publicgood at the centre of all of this