Mythbusters: Credibilising strategies in popular nutrition books by academics

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 903-910

  Penders, Bart ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diet books; nutrition; popular science writing; public credibility of science

Indexed keywords

BOOK; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NUTRITION; STANDARDS;

BOOKS; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84908222087     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513485909     Document Type: Article

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