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The international group of sociological and nutritional scientists in this volume represent the research that has been conducted on the social problematics of food and nutrition in such areas as food safety, biotechnology, food stamp programs, obesity, anorexia nervosa, and vegetarianism. The broad range of topics addressed and the case studies examined make this book suitable as a course-related text both in foodways and cultural aspects of nutrition and as a new departure in social problems courses.

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<p> Issues about food or diet are often seen as only nutrition or health problems. This book shows how the information available to the public is often a social problem instead of a nutrition or health problem, a perspective that anyone interested in nutrition would do well to recognize... The writing style is aimed at an educated audience, but anyone interested could understand the major ideas... Maurer and Sobal have produced a good basic introduction to the subject. Recommended for any nutrition or social studies collection. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. <p> --N. Duran, Choice <p> This provocative volume puts a lot on the table. Papers by sociologists and nutritional scientists examine issues of diet and health, debates surrounding biotechnology and food processing, and government policies on nutrition and food safety standards.... This book lays the groundwork for further research in a largely undeveloped field; it should also whet the appetites of students in social problems courses and be a useful sourcebook in sociology of culture courses. <p> --Dennis Ray Wheaton, Contemporary Sociology

-Issues about food or diet are often seen as only nutrition or health problems. This book shows how the information available to the public is often a social problem instead of a nutrition or health problem, a perspective that anyone interested in nutrition would do well to recognize... The writing style is aimed at an educated audience, but anyone interested could understand the major ideas... Maurer and Sobal have produced a good basic introduction to the subject. Recommended for any nutrition or social studies collection. Upper-division undergraduate through professional.- --N. Duran, Choice -This provocative volume puts a lot on the table. Papers by sociologists and nutritional scientists examine issues of diet and health, debates surrounding biotechnology and food processing, and government policies on nutrition and food safety standards.... This book lays the groundwork for further research in a largely undeveloped field; it should also whet the appetites of students in social problems courses and be a useful sourcebook in sociology of culture courses.- --Dennis Ray Wheaton, Contemporary Sociology Issues about food or diet are often seen as only nutrition or health problems. This book shows how the information available to the public is often a social problem instead of a nutrition or health problem, a perspective that anyone interested in nutrition would do well to recognize... The writing style is aimed at an educated audience, but anyone interested could understand the major ideas... Maurer and Sobal have produced a good basic introduction to the subject. Recommended for any nutrition or social studies collection. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. --N. Duran, Choice This provocative volume puts a lot on the table. Papers by sociologists and nutritional scientists examine issues of diet and health, debates surrounding biotechnology and food processing, and government policies on nutrition and food safety standards.... This book lays the groundwork for further research in a largely undeveloped field; it should also whet the appetites of students in social problems courses and be a useful sourcebook in sociology of culture courses. --Dennis Ray Wheaton, Contemporary Sociology Issues about food or diet are often seen as only nutrition or health problems. This book shows how the information available to the public is often a social problem instead of a nutrition or health problem, a perspective that anyone interested in nutrition would do well to recognize... The writing style is aimed at an educated audience, but anyone interested could understand the major ideas... Maurer and Sobal have produced a good basic introduction to the subject. Recommended for any nutrition or social studies collection. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. --N. Duran, Choice This provocative volume puts a lot on the table. Papers by sociologists and nutritional scientists examine issues of diet and health, debates surrounding biotechnology and food processing, and government policies on nutrition and food safety standards.... This book lays the groundwork for further research in a largely undeveloped field; it should also whet the appetites of students in social problems courses and be a useful sourcebook in sociology of culture courses. --Dennis Ray Wheaton, Contemporary Sociology

<p> Issues about food or diet are often seen as only nutrition or health problems. This book shows how the information available to the public is often a social problem instead of a nutrition or health problem, a perspective that anyone interested in nutrition would do well to recognize... The writing style is aimed at an educated audience, but anyone interested could understand the major ideas... Maurer and Sobal have produced a good basic introduction to the subject. Recommended for any nutrition or social studies collection. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. <p> --N. Duran, Choice

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