Sociologies of Food and Nutrition

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Sociologies of Food and Nutrition is written by Wm. Alex McIntosh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1489913858 (ISBN 10) and 9781489913852 (ISBN 13).

Here, Wm. Alex McIntosh analyzes the relationship between food and nutrition and social factors, using a wide array of sociological theories. The author applies theories of social organization, culture, social stratification, social change, rural sociology, the sociology of the body, and social problems to empirical problems in food and nutrition. By doing so, he sheds light on issues such as the rise of the state; population growth; famine; obesity; eating disorders; the maldistribution of food across class, gender, and ethnic boundaries; and the changing nature of the food industry.