Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An overview of sociological approaches to food and nutrition
  • 3. Culture and food
  • 4. The social organization of food activities and nutritional status
  • 5. Social stratification: The distribution of food and nutrition
  • 6. The body and sociology
  • 7. The sociology of famine
  • 8. Food and social change
  • 9. The state and food and nutrition
  • 10. Food and nutrition as social problems
  • 11. The sociology of food and nutrition: A sociological assessment
  • References
  • Index