What is a healthy diet? Some ideas about the construction of healthy food in Germany since the nineteenth century

doi:10.4324/9781315643410-15

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What is a healthy diet? Some ideas about the construction of healthy food in Germany since the nineteenth century

ABSTRACT

This chapter deals with the history of how ‘healthy’ food has been evolved in Germany since the late eighteenth century. I must say at the outset that I cannot give more than an overview of this broad and complicated topic.