The Cultural Feast - An Introduction to Food and Society (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

THE CULTURAL FEAST looks at the impact of evolution, geography, environment, social structure, and religion on food practices around the world. The text is comprised of three units. The first unit explains the myriad influences on human diet and examines the role of evolution on contemporary food practices. The second unit looks at factors that influence current food practices, such as dietary revolutions that accompany advancements in agricultural practices; the influence of culture in what, how, when, and why we eat; and the influence of religion, social organizations and industrialization on foodways. The third unit of the text looks at nutrition problems and solutions to those problems. The text explores global and domestic hunger, examines diseases of under- and over-nutrition, and looks at dietary behavior change and large-scale programs to change dietary practices.

General

Imprint:	Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2003
First published:	March 2003
Authors:	Carol A. Bryant • Kathleen Musante De Walt • Anita Courtney • Jeffery Schwartz
Dimensions:	250 x 203 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-534-52582-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Dietetics & nutrition
LSN:	0-534-52582-2
Barcode:	9780534525828

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