Food and nutrition : customs and culture /

Whilst all people have to eat to live, what they eat is largely determined by their cultural influences. Through developing an appreciation of the central role that food plays in people's lives, professionals concerned with nutrition education may increase both the relevance and effectiveness o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fieldhouse, Paul
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1995.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Food habits. Nutrition > Social aspects. Food Habits > ethnology. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena. Food > Sociology Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Biocultural perspectives on nutrition
2. Food ideology
3. Cuisine
4. Social functions of food
5. Food and gender
6. Religion
7. Morals, ethics, cultism and quackery
8. Myths, taboos and superstitions
9. Psychological aspects of food choice
10. Food for the masses.