Ravenous : why our appetite is killing us and the planet, and what we can do about it /
by Dimbleby, Henry; Lewis, Jemima.
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2023Description: 288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781800816510 (hbk.) :; 1800816510 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 338.19 DIMSubject(s): Food supply -- Environmental aspects | Food industry and trade -- Environmental aspects | Food security | Nutrition | Nutritionally induced diseases | Farming and Country Life | Farming and Country Life | Cultural studies: food & society | Industry & industrial studies | Manufacturing industries | Personal & public healthSummary: Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global system: one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there. The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world - far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security. In this book, he takes us behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 338.19 DIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003113593X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global system: one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there. The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance. It is one of the most successful, most innovative and most destructive industries on earth. It sustains us, but it is also killing us. Diet-related disease is now the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in the developed world - far worse than smoking. The environmental damage done by the food system is also changing climate patterns and degrading the earth, risking our food security. In this book, he takes us behind the scenes to reveal the mechanisms that act together to shape the modern diet - and therefore the world.
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