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Contemporary Approaches to Diet & Culture
出版Redgrave Publishing Company, 1980
主題Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / DietsHistory / CivilizationMedical / NutritionSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN09131785519780913178553
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7GEnm66r_tIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Abstract: Nutritional states result from both biological and cultural forces. The consideration of nutritional problems from a biocultural perspective comprises the field of nutritional anthropology. Eleven papers are presented representing the efforts of researchers who have examined nutrition in this social context. Their theoretical approach combines the nutritional and social sciences in investigations of the sociocultural, cognitive and ecological aspects of food. The methodology of nutritional anthropology is applied in a study of women's roles in rural Africa. Human dietary adaptations in the evolution of human culture are investigated in a case study of 2 prehistoric populations. The food patterns of a contemporary group demonstrates nutritional adaptation and cultural maladaptation. Demographic effects of sex-specific diets and nutritional correlates of economic microdifferentiation are examined. Other topics deal with malnutrition, diet and acculturation, and health food movement.