CONTENTS 1 Introduction and overview Introduction Overview 2 Resolving the diet paradox Introduction The organic content of food Does Engel’s Law really apply to food? Concluding remarks 3 The political economy of eating disorders Introduction Why political economy? What are eating disorders? From sociocultural to socioeconomic approaches Why food? Why thinness? Contradictions in the political economy of body image Concluding observations 4 Digesting the food and information systems Introduction The food information system and trickle-down of knowledge What role is to be played by nutritional education? The good, the bad, the commercial and the non-commercial Collaboration between nutritionists and commerce? The unfolding of healthy eating © 1998 Ben Fine Downloaded by [212.174.119.254] at 07:38 01 July 2017 Towards an alternative Concluding remarks 5 Agricultural support and diet Introduction CAP and the nation’s diet Lessons from the Norwegian experience: the exception that proves the rule 6 Whither food policy? Notes References