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UNINA9910820213903321 |
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Titolo |
The rise of obesity in Europe : a twentieth century food history / / edited by Derek J. Oddy, Peter J. Atkins, Virginie Amilien |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-55341-4 |
1-317-01756-0 |
1-317-01755-2 |
1-282-29530-6 |
9786612295300 |
0-7546-9395-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food consumption - Europe - History - 20th century |
Food habits - Europe - History - 20th century |
Obesity - Social aspects - Europe |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part 1 Trends in Food Consumption and Consumer Choice; 2 Century of Hunger, Century of Plenty: How Abundance Arrived in Alpine Valleys; 3 From Soviet Cuisine to Kremlin Diet:Changes in Consumption and Lifestyle; 4 Slovene Food Consumption in the Twentieth Century - From Self-Sufficiency to Mass Consumerism; 5 The Stop-Go Era: Restoring Food Choice in Britain after World War II; Part 2 Industrial and Commercial Influences on Food Consumption |
6 How Food Products Gained an Individual 'Face'7 Labelling Standard Information and Food Consumption in Historical Perspective; 8 Food Labelling for Health in the Light of Norwegian Nutrition Policy; 9 Sugar Production and Consumption in France in the Twentieth Century; 10 Controlling Fat and Sugar in the Norwegian Welfare State; Part 3 Social |
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and Medical Influences; 11 Diet, Body Types, Inequality and Gender: Discourses on 'Proper Nutrition'; 12 Food Consumption and Risk of Obesity: The Medical Discourse in France 1850-1930 |
13 Slimming Through the Depression: Obesity and Reducing in Interwar Britain14 Socialism and the Overweight Nation: Questions of Ideology, Science and Obesity in Czechoslovakia; 15 Separated, But Sharing a Health Problem: Obesity in East and West Germany, 1945-1989; 16 Conclusion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bringing together a range of case studies from nine European countries, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the transition from under-nutrition to obesity, offering the historical context to these vitally important contemporary issues. |
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