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Food habits

Mindless Eating

Brian Wansink

Explores the hidden clues that determine why people eat certain foods to excess, how packaging, room color, and music influences eating habits, and the real reasons why most diets fail.

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Hungry Planet

Peter Menzel

Presents approximately two hundred color photos of thirty families from twenty-four countries and the foods they eat over the course of one week, and discusses their eating habits; shopping, farming,

641.3
MEN

The Omnivore's Dilemma

Michael Pollan

Offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the envi

394.1
POL

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Contains articles on food and its place in human culture and society including entries on food preparation, distribution and storage, holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cui

394.1
ENC
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Contains articles on food and its place in human culture and society including entries on food preparation, distribution and storage, holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cui

394.1
ENC
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Contains articles on food and its place in human culture and society including entries on food preparation, distribution and storage, holidays and festivals, nutrition and health, and cultures and cui

394.1
ENC
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Food

Milton Meltzer

Discusses the social, political, economic, and gastronomic aspects of food in its many forms.

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MEL

Junk Food, Fast Food, Health Food

Lila Perl

Explores 20th-century American eating patterns and includes a selection of recipes reflecting contemporary tastes.

641.5
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