Fad diets shape societal trends about health

Friday, January 15, 2016 - 08:52 in Psychology & Sociology

From no-carb to juice cleanses, it’s easy to dismiss diet trends as nothing more than passing fads. But new research by Adrienne Rose Johnson, a doctoral candidate in Stanford’s Modern Thought and Literature Program, shows just how significant diet literature is in revealing society’s evolving ideas about health and disease. Johnson’s dissertation, titled Diet and […]

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