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The Consuming Geographies of Food - Diet, Food Deserts and Obesity (Paperback)
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The Consuming Geographies of Food - Diet, Food Deserts and Obesity (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies of Gastronomy, Food and Drink
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The consumption and distribution of food, as well as its
production, has become a major public policy issue over the past
few decades; what we eat is no longer merely a private matter but
carries significant externalities for wider society. Its increasing
significance within the public arena implies a dissonance regarding
the boundaries of food; where do we draw the line between food as
private and food as public? What are the rights of society to
impinge upon individual food consumption, and what conflicts will
ensue when this boundary is disputed? The Consuming Geographies of
Food explores these multiple issues of food across different
regions of the world from the consumer's perspective. It uniquely
explicates the factors that lead customers towards certain
typologies of consumption and towards certain types of retailing,
offering a comprehensive review of the obesity problem, the
phenomenon of food deserts and the issue of exclusion from a
healthy diet. It then considers the effects of food on the
consumer, the dynamic relationship between food and people, and the
issue of food exclusion before concluding with possible futures for
food consumption, from low-technology projects to high-technology
scenarios. Based on original research into food access, ethics and
consumption in both developed and less-developed countries this
book will be of interest to students, researchers and academics in
the fields of geography, economics, hospitality health, marketing,
nutrition and sociology.
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