- Title
- The social appetite: a sociological approach to food and nutrition
- Creator
- Williams, Lauren; Germov, John
- Relation
- Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology p. 221-241
- Relation
- http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/social_science/sociology/9780195562811
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- What role does food production, distribution, and consumption play in determining health and illness? Why is the food supply subject to medicalisation and McDonaldisation, and how do these social trends impact on population health? Why is the developed world worried about an obesity epidemic and what are the consequences of this concern?
- Description
- 4th ed.
- Subject
- food supply; population health; medicalisation; McDonaldisation; obesity epidemic
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918152
- Identifier
- uon:8525
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780195562811
- Language
- eng
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