Small Bites : Biocultural Dimensions of Children's Food and Nutrition Hardback
by Tina Moffat
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Picky eating. Obesity. Malnutrition. Cutting through current anxiety and hype, Small Bites challenges preconceptions about the biological basis of children’s eating habits, gendered and parent-focused responsibility, and the notion of naturally determined children’s foods. Tina Moffat draws on extensive anthropological research to explore the biological and sociocultural determinants of child nutrition and feeding.
Are children naturally picky eaters? How can school meal programs help to address food insecurity and malnutrition?
How has the industrial food system commodified children’s food and shaped children’s bodies?Small Bites investigates how children are fed in school and at home in Nepal, France, Japan, Canada, and the United States to reveal the ways child nutrition reflects broader cultural approaches to childhood and food.
This important work also sets a course for food policy, schools, communities, and caregivers to improve children’s food and nutrition equitably and sustainably.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2022
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- ISBN:9780774866880
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:230 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:01/04/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9780774866880