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Author Stacey, Michelle.

Title Consumed : why Americans love, hate, and fear food / Michelle Stacey.

Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1994.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  641.1 S    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  394.12 STA    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  394.14 ST12    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  394.14 S775C    Check Shelf
Description 237 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
Contents A pinch of anxiety, a dash of sin -- Seeds of self-denial -- Foods from the lab -- Inside the hype machine -- Eating your medicine -- Designer foods -- Fear of fats -- Food control -- Public eating -- A new (and old) way of eating.
Summary The author looks at the obsessions and paranoia and then suggests that the answer may lie in living in harmony with our food, balancing information with pleasure, and rediscovering the ancient art of letting food nourish our souls.
Subject Food habits -- United States.
Food habits -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Nutrition -- United States -- History.
Food habits. (OCoLC)fst00930807
Food habits -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00930816
Nutrition. (OCoLC)fst01042187
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Voeding.
Voedingsgewoonten.
Sociale aspecten.
Gezondheidseffecten.
Dwangverschijnselen.
Ernährung.
Psychologie.
Ernährungsgewohnheit.
Geschichte.
United States.
Feeding Behavior -- psychology. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005247Q000523
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009747
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Popular Work. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020496
ISBN 0671767542
9780671767549
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