Vitamania: Vitamins in American Culture

by Rima D. Apple

"Have you taken your vitamins today?" That question echoes daily through American households. Thanks to intensive research in nutrition and medicine, the importance of vitamins to health is undisputed. But millions of Americans believe that the vitamins they get in their food are not enough. Vitamin supplements have become a multibillion-dollar industry. At the same time, many scientists, consumer advocacy groups, and the federal Food and Drug...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813522781
• ISBN13: 9780813522784
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"