The rise of obesity in Europe : a twentieth century food history / / edited by Derek J. Oddy, Peter J. Atkins, Virginie Amilien

• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.194
• Soggetto topico: Food consumption - Europe - History - 20th century; Food habits - Europe - History - 20th century; Obesity - Social aspects - Europe
• Persona (resp. second.): OddyDerek J.; AtkinsPeter J.; AmilienVirginie
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of obesity in Europe
• ISBN: 1-315-55341-4; 1-317-01756-0; 1-317-01755-2; 1-282-29530-6; 9786612295300; 0-7546-9395-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820213903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II