[PDF] Nutritional Anthropology eBook

Author : Darna L. Dufour
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 19,4 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 : Norge W. Jerome
Publisher : Pleasantville, N.Y. : Redgrave Publishing Company
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :

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Abstract: Nutritional states result from both biological and cultural forces. The consideration of nutritional problems from a biocultural perspective comprises the field of nutritional anthropology. Eleven papers are presented representing the efforts of researchers who have examined nutrition in this social context. Their theoretical approach combines the nutritional and social sciences in investigations of the sociocultural, cognitive and ecological aspects of food. The methodology of nutritional anthropology is applied in a study of women's roles in rural Africa. Human dietary adaptations in the evolution of human culture are investigated in a case study of 2 prehistoric populations. The food patterns of a contemporary group demonstrates nutritional adaptation and cultural maladaptation. Demographic effects of sex-specific diets and nutritional correlates of economic microdifferentiation are examined. Other topics deal with malnutrition, diet and acculturation, and health food movement.

Author : Janet Chrzan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785332880

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Biocultural and archaeological research on food, past and present, often relies on very specific, precise, methods for data collection and analysis. These are presented here in a broad-based review. Individual chapters provide opportunities to think through the adoption of methods by reviewing the history of their use along with a discussion of research conducted using those methods. A case study from the author's own work is included in each chapter to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore those methods.

Author : Janet Chrzan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 19,27 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 178533364X

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The dramatic increase in all things food in popular and academic fields during the last two decades has generated a diverse and dynamic set of approaches for understanding the complex relationships and interactions that determine how people eat and how diet affects culture. These volumes offer a comprehensive reference for students and established scholars interested in food and nutrition research in Nutritional and Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology, Food Studies and Applied Public Health.

Author : Gretel H. Pelto
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This book is intended for both anthropologist and nutritionists who are pursuing community nutrition studies in either industrialized or developing countries. It provides solid information on the development and application of anthropological methodologies for studying key aspects of the nutrition of individuals, families, and communities.

Author : Carol R. Ember
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1103 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0306477548

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Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world.

Author : Janet Chrzan
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1785332929

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Nutritional Anthropology and public health research and programming have employed similar methodologies for decades; many anthropologists are public health practitioners while many public health practitioners have been trained as medical or biological anthropologists. Recognizing such professional connections, this volume provides in-depth analysis and comprehensive review of methods necessary to design, plan, implement and analyze public health programming using anthropological best practices. To illustrates the rationale for use of particular methods, each chapter elaborates a case study from the author's own work, showing why particular methods were adopted in each case.

Author : Sara A. Quandt
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :

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Abstract: This text provides details on the techniques and methods for gathering data on the anthropological aspects of nutrition. Information on the collection of nutritional data on the personal, family and community levels is discussed. Regional overviews of nutritional anthropology topics for specific areas of the world are provided. Extensive bibliographies and other resources are included.

Author : Michael Winkelman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 32,96 MB
Release : 2008-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0470462612

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Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. It shows how to address the challenges of cross-cultural medicine through interdisciplinary cultural-ecological models and personal and institutional developmental approaches to cross-cultural adaptation and competency. The book addresses the perspectives of clinically applied anthropology, trans-cultural psychiatry and the medical ecology, critical medical anthropology and symbolic paradigms as frameworks for enhanced comprehension of health and the medical encounter. Includes cultural case studies, applied vignettes, and self-assessments.