The Nation's Diet : The Social Science of Food Choice /: The Social Science of Food Choice. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anne Murcott.
• Authors: Murcott, Anne
• Contents: ; 1. Introduction: Food Choice, Social Sciences and 'The Nation's Diet' Programme; Part One: Social Sciences and Food Choice: Proceeding from Axioms, Operational Definitions and Measurements. ; 2. The Effects of Life Stress on Food Choice. 3. Understanding Dietary Choice and Dietary Change: Contributions from Social Psychology. 4. Changing What Children Eat. 5. Consumer Theory and Food Choice in Economics, with an Example. 6. What We Eat and Why: Social Norms and Systems of Provision. 7. How British Retailers Have Shaped Food Choice. 8. A Sociological Approach to Food Choice: The Case For Eating Out; Part Two: Social Sciences and Food Choice: Analysing Socio-political Processes and Cultural Constructions. ; 9. Regulation, Rights and the Structuring of Food Choices. 10. Studying Food Choice in its Social and Cultural Contexts: Approaches from a Social Anthropological Perspective. 11. Food Choice and Diet Change Within the Family Setting. 12. The Marriage Menu: Life, Food and Diet in Transition. 13. Ethnographies of Eating in an Urban Primary School. 14. Food Choice, Food Scares, and Health: the Role of the Media. 15. Food Choices for Babies. 16. Food Choice and Culture in a Cosmopolitan City: South Asians, Italians and other Glaswegians; Part Three: Social Sciences and Food Choice: Additional Perspectives. ; 17. Food Choice and the British System of Formal and Informal Welfare Provision: Questions for Research. 18. British Market-Research Data on Food: a Note on Their Use For the Academic Study of Food Choice. 19. The Discourse of Scientific Knowledge of Nutrition and Dietary Change in the Twentieth Century. References; Index of Authors. Index of Principal Topics;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (398 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317884804; 1317884809
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