Dietary intake methods in the anthropology of food and nutrition

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Dietary and nutritional studies in anthropology may attempt to address issues in which food and nutrition are central, or where diet may be a peripheral or contributory component of a complex of problems within a group, population or society. Studies may be concerned with nutritional factors or they may be concerned with food symbolism, the perception of food, or the role of food in forging and maintaining identity. Dietary intake studies can be used to inform the study of food consumption, n...

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Authors: Ulijaszek, S

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Berghahn Books Publisher's website
• Host title: Researching food habits: methods and problems
• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• Language: English
• Keywords: Methodology; Nutritional anthropology; Diet
• Subjects: Anthropology