"This book explores dietary restriction in Graeco-Roman antiquity and maintains that food choice, whether for reasons of taste or to propitiate religious or cultural taboos, was integrally linked to the formation and perception of cultural, political and religious identities. Th…
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This book reviews the characteristics of the aging population as food consumers, the role of nutrition in healthy aging, and the design of food products and services for the elderly. It discusses the older population as consumers of food and beverages, the extension of functiona…
Situating the debates in the contemporary discourses on decoloniality, global consumerism, global food apartheid and the challenges and prospects of the emergent sharing economies, this collection of essays critically examines the importation, use and implications of genetically…
"Many people consider their weight to be a personal problem: when, then, does body weight become a social problem?" "The chapters in this volume offer several perspectives that can be used to understand the way society deals with fatness and thinness. The contributors consider h…
