Food and Nutrition

What Everyone Needs to Know

By: P.K. Newby ScD - MPH - MS

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

In Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®, nutrition scientist and gastronome Dr. P. K. Newby provides a sweeping overview of the many interrelationships between humans, land, and food. What are today's major global nutrition problems - and are they preventable? Is it possible to retrain the palate to prefer healthier foods? How exactly do our dietary choices impact the land, water, and air that surround us? And what's the best way to live to 100, and beyond?

In 147 stand-alone questions spanning 20 chapters, Newby examines topics including key nutrition concepts behind good eating; the technology, biology, and psychology of food choices; how diet affects our health and environment; and evidence-based tips for creating lasting behavior change. At the same time, Newby debunks popular myths and food folklore, challenging listeners to "learn, unlearn, and relearn" the fundamentals of nutrition at the heart of a health-giving diet. Her passion for all things food shines through it all, as does her love of the power of science, technology, ingenuity, and engineering to help create healthier, more sustainable diets for everyday eaters and students of nutrition alike.

©2018 Oxford University Press (P)2018 Tantor

Did people even listen to this?

My partner found this book for me when i expressed an interest in expanding my nutritional knowledge. They warned me that there was no written review but a 2 star rating, but that the sample sounded like it was solid science.
I really enjoyed this book. Its a great introduction and overall view of nutrition with wonderful narrator.
Highly recommend!!

It’s a slow start but stick with it

I didn’t care for the first 3 or 4 chapters talking about the politics of food production but in the end it all came together once they got into the nutrition chapters.