TY  - BOOK
AU  - Germov,John
AU  - Williams,Lauren
TI  - A sociology of food and nutrition: the social appetite 
SN  - 019550609X
AV  - GT2855 .S63 1999
U1  - 306.4613 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - South Melbourne, Vic., Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Food
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Food habits
KW  - Australia
KW  - Sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Acronyms and Abbreviations --; An Appetiser: How to Get the Most out of this Book --; 1; Introducing the Social Appetite: Why Do We Need a Sociology of Food and Nutrition? --; Pt. 1; McDonaldisation: Standardising Food Production and Consumption --; 2; World Hunger --; 3; Food and the Environment --; 4; Future Food: The Politics of Functional Foods and Health Claims --; 5; Setting the Menu: Dietary Guidelines, Corporate Interests, and Nutrition Policy --; Pt. 2; Social Differentiation: Food Consumption and Identity --; 6; Humans, Food, and Other Animals: The Vegetarian Option --; 7; Eating Out: Reflections on the Experiences of Consumers in England --; 8; Food and Class --; 9; Culture, Food, and Nutrition in Increasingly Culturally Diverse Societies --; 10; Food and Ageing --; Pt. 3; Self-Rationalisation: Nutrition Discourses, Food, and the Body --; 11; Sociological Analysis of the Stigmatisation of Obesity --; 12; The Thin Ideal: Women, Food, and Dieting --; 13; 'It's Like They Want You to Get Fat': Social Reconstruction of Women's Bodies during Pregnancy --; 14; Motherhood, Morality, and Infant Feeding --; 15; The Government of the Table: Nutrition Expertise and the Social Organisation of Family Food Habits --; Pt. 4; Future Directions --; 16; 'The Nation's Diet' and the Policy Contexts --; 17; The Hyper-Rational Social Appetite: Towards a Synthesis of Food Trends --; Glossary --; App.: Key Web Resources, Books, Journals, Videos, and Associations --; Index
N2  - "This innovative book examines the social context of food and nutrition by exploring the socio-cultural, political, economic, and philosophical factors that influence food production and consumption."--Publisher description
ER  -