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Healthy food is nutritious, but organic food is healthy because it is pure: The negotiation of healthy food choices by Danish consumers of organic food. [PDF]

, 2019
There is increasing demand for organic food products throughout the Western world. Health concerns have frequently been found to be the main motivation of consumers purchasing organic products, but the literature on consumer preferences and behavior is ...
Ditlevsen, Kia, Lassen, Jesper, Sandøe, Peter   +2 more
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A qualitative study of food sociality in three provinces of South China: social functions of food and dietary behavior

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
BackgroundFood sociality refers to the exploration of food production, exchange, distribution, and consumption and influences on cultural communication and social meaning.
Youxuan Yan, Jindong Ding Petersen, Liuting Lin, Juncai Chen, Xiyi Li, Guiyuan Ji, Fan Zhang   +6 more
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Strong ties, weak actors? Social networks and food security among farm workers in South Africa [PDF]

, 2019
Farm workers employed on commercial farms are among the poorest and most food insecure population groups in South Africa. This study investigated formal (organisational) and informal exchange relations and the association with food security within ego (N=
Claasen, Nicole, Lemke, Stefanie
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Intake of vitamin B12 in relation to vitamin B12 status in groups susceptible to deficiency: a systematic review

Food & Nutrition Research, 2023
Objective: To systematically review the evidence for whether habitual or different levels of experimental intake of vitamin B12 from diet and supplements is sufficient to ensure adequate B12 status in groups most susceptible to vitamin B12 deficiency ...
Linnea Bärebring, Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Birna Thorisdottir, Alfons Ramel, Fredrik Söderlund, Erik Kristoffer Arnesen, Bright I. Nwaru, Jutta Dierkes, Agneta Åkesson   +8 more
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Defining an epidemic:The body mass index in British and American obesity research 1960-2000 [PDF]

, 2014
Between the 1970s and the mid‐1990s the body mass index (BMI) became the standard means of assessing obesity both in populations and in individuals, replacing previously diverse and contested definitions of excess body weight.
Amsterdamska, Aronowitz, Aronowitz, Bacon, Baird, Baird, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Berridge, Bowker, Bray, Bray, Bray, British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), Busch, Campos, Craddock, Crawford, Department of Health (DoH), Department of Health and Social Security/Medical Research Council (DHSS/MRC), Desrosieres, Epstein, Fletcher, Fye, Gaesser, Gard, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Garrow, Government Office for Science, Hacking, Hacking, Hautvast, Hilgartner, James, James, Jasanoff, Jasanoff, Keys, Kromhout, Kuczmarski, Kuczmarski, Kuhn, Monaghan, National Institutes of Health Panel on Obesity, O'Connell, Oddy, Office of Health Economics, Oliver, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, Pickersgill, Pickersgill, Pringle, Rothstein, Royal College of Physicians, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Sims, Smith, Timmermann, Timmermans, Timmermans, Timmermans, Tunstall-Pedoe, VanItalllie, West, WHO, WHO, World Health Organization (WHO)   +70 more
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Prevalence of dietary supplement use and associated factors among female college students in Saudi Arabia

BMC Women's Health, 2017
Background The economic boom in Saudi Arabia indirectly prompted the use of dietary supplements in the last two decades. Our aim is to investigate the prevalence of dietary supplement use and its association with sociodemographic/lifestyle ...
Hanan Alfawaz, Nasiruddin Khan, Aziza Alfaifi, Fatima M. Shahrani, Huda M. Al Tameem, Seetah F. Al Otaibi, Weaam I. Abudigin, Mohammad S. Al-Shayaa, Saad A. Al-Ghanim, Nasser M. Al-Daghri   +9 more
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The Impact of Integrated Student Experiences on Learning

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
In a cluster of courses called Food for Thought, seven faculty from different departments (including Biology, Economics, Sociology, Chemistry, Health and Wellness, and Foreign Language) teach students about food information, food consumerism, nutrition ...
Jason R Wingert, Sally A Wasileski, Karin Peterson, Leah Greden Mathews, Amy Joy Lanou, David Clarke   +5 more
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Social marketing and healthy eating : Findings from young people in Greece [PDF]

, 2014
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12208-013-0112-xGreece has high rates of obesity and non-communicable diseases owing to poor dietary choices.
A Bandura, A Carroll, A Drewnowski, A Kafatos, A Kirmani, A Papadaki, A Richards, A Thorpe, A Trichopoulou, AD Tsouros, Ariadne Beatrice Kapetanaki, Aristidis Daskalopoulos Foundation, B Dobson, B Popkin, B Sharma, B Smith, B Swinburn, C Domegan, C Hawkes, C Hawkes, C Lowe, D Silverman, David Ross Brennan, DB Panagiotakos, DG Carson, DJ Watts, E Shove, EH Asp, F Arvaniti, F Lagarde, G Dahlgren, G Hastings, G Hastings, G Hastings, G Hastings, G Hastings, G Hastings, GH Cohane, GR Niblett, H Walls, I Ajzen, I Contento, J Adams, J Aschemann-Witzel, J French, J Gregson, J Hoek, J Shepherd, JE Carins, JW Creswell, K Burchell, L Gracia-Marco, L Thornley, LJ Beasley, LJ Riddell, M Caraher, M Dooris, M Friestad, M Howlett, M Stead, M Stead, Martin Caraher, MN Fotiadou, N Lambert, N Robinson, NA Christakis, National Social Marketing Centre, NK Denzin, NK Janz, NR Luca, P Chandon, P Diamond, P Kotler, P Lagiou, P Wright, R Bagozzi, R Barbour, R Gordon, R Krueger, RC Lefebvre, RC Lefebvre, RC Lefebvre, RC Lefebvre, RC Lefebvre, RC Lefebvre, S Kirchhoff, SA Grier, T Jackson, T Lang, T Lang, T Psaltopoulou, TJ Harvey, W Wymer, W Wymer, WHO/Europe   +94 more
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The Industrial Diet by Anthony Winson

Canadian Food Studies, 2014
Anthony Winson, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph, has written or co-authored several books that explore agriculture, food and the food system in both North and Central America.
Julie Pilson
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Sociology of Disaster in the Fulfillment of Adequate Food and Nutrition for Rural Households during Pandemic

Metafora: Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Journal, 2023
            The fulfllment of adequate food and nutrition had become a challenge during Covid-19 pandemic, particularly at family level in rural area. Prior to pandemic, rural people has suffered from hunger and malnutrition at a high number, and this was increasing because of pandemic.
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