[PDF] Cultural Perspectives On Food And Nutrition eBook

Author : Paul Fieldhouse
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 34,61 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780748737239

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This second edition focuses on the social and biocultural uses of food in ancient and contemporary societies throughout the world. Its main purpose is to illustrate the theme of nutrition as a bioculture issue, showing that while all people have to eat to live, what they eat is largely determined by cultural influences. This book is intended as a text for students of nutrition, dietetics and related health disciplines such as medicine, nursing and health education. It will also be of interest to social science students.

Author : Diva Sanjur
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Cooking
ISBN :

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Abstract: A biocultural approach to nutrition emphasizes the impact of the social sciences on food intake. Purchasing, preferences and ideology are heavily influenced by social, economic, political, and cultural processes. Food consumption surveys, data collection and analysis (including types of dietary surveys), the interview, statistical methods, and reliability of methods are discussed. Time and cost factors have led to new approaches in dietary assessment such as scalogram analysis, food scores, and quality indices. Widely divergent dietary patterns of Americans are discussed by ethnic group: Puerto Ricans, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians (several tribes), and Asian Americans (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Hawaiians). Food habit modification is complex due to a rigid structure of social values that determine behavior. Nutrition/communication specialists are needed for research activities, mass media, governmental nutrition action programs and mandated nutrition education programs. Ethics of nutrition intervention are an important concern in affecting dietary changes. Each chapter is followed by a lengthy bibliography. (rkm).

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher :
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 1994-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780788110986

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Provides listings and summaries of books on the subject of cultural perspectives on food and nutrition. Books are divided into three broad categories: general, which covers topics like religious dietary habits, cuisines, and customs; educational, which includes materials that can be used to teach and for patient counseling; and research, books that delve deeply into field studies on food habits and nutrition.

Author : Tina Moffat
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1845459814

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There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked.

Author : Paul Fieldhouse
Publisher : London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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Abstract: A reference text for advanced college students majoring in nutrition or dietetics integrates food-culture associations documented throughout the nutritional anthropology, sociology, and psychology literature. Following an overview on biocultural perspectives on nutrition (including food choice models), the text addresses various specific factors involved in food selections. Topics include: sociocultural values placed on foods; ceremonial foods; vegetarian practices; myths, taboos, and superstitions; and psychological aspects of food choices. Literature citations are appended to each of the 6 text chapters.

Author : Darna L. Dufour
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,81 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199738144

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Revised for the first time in ten years, the second edition of Nutritional Anthropology: Biocultural Perspectives on Food and Nutrition continues to blend biological and cultural approaches to this dynamic discipline. While this revision maintains the format and philosophy that grounded the first edition, the text has been revamped and revitalized with new and updated readings, sections, introductions, and pedagogical materials that cover current global food trade and persistent problems of hunger in equal measure. Unlike any other book on the market, Nutritional Anthropology fuses issues past and present, local and global, and biological and cultural in order to give students a comprehensive foundation in food and nutrition.

Author : Paul Collinson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1805390198

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In presenting a variety of theoretical and cross-cultural perspectives on pure food, this volume demonstrates similarities and variations in cultural beliefs, behaviours and practices in different societies. These in turn highlight that pure food is a common issue for humanity, whatever the society, whatever the era. As a subject with much contemporary and cross-disciplinary relevance, Pure Food will appeal to students and academics involved in any food-related discipline, to professional practitioners promoting healthier foods and nutrition and to general readers with an interest in food.