- Title
- Exploring the social appetite: a sociology of food and nutrition
- Creator
- Germov, John; Williams, Lauren
- Relation
- A Sociology of Food & Nutrition: the Social Appetite p. 3-23
- Relation
- http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/social_science/sociology/9780195551501
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- This chapter provides an overview of the sociological perspective as it applies to the study of food and nutrition by introducing the concept of the social appetite. We explain how food sociology can help to conceptualise the connections between individual food habits and wider social patterns to explore why we eat the way we do. The chapter concludes by reviewing the major themes discussed in this book, highlighting the social context in which food is produced, distributed and consumed.
- Description
- 3rd ed.
- Subject
- body image; agribusiness; McDonaldisation; social appetite; public health nutrition; sociological imagination; dietary guidelines; functional foods
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/804503
- Identifier
- uon:6637
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780195551501
- Language
- eng
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