| NutraSweet, Splenda, and their predecessors have enjoyed enormous success by promising that Americans, especially women, can "have their cake and eat it too," but Empty Pleasures argues that these "sweet cheats" have fostered troubling and unsustainable eating habits and that the promises of artificial sweeteners are ultimately too good to be true. |
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Empty Pleasures has been awarded the 2011 Book Award from the Association for the Study of Food and Society. |
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| Carolyn Thomas: Profile of the Author. |
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