Introduction: Food Cultures and Spaces

Fumey, Gilles; Jackson, Peter; Raffard, Pierre

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“…Our approach is interdisciplinary and draws on food systems and wider systems thinking (HLPE 2020) as well as political histories of power in food regimes (McMichael 2021) and sociological and geographical theory on how people's bodily conditions come into being because of the wider structural injustices they face both contemporaneously and historically (Fumey, Jackson and Raffard 2013;Nisbett 2019). Our understanding of food and diet goes beyond interpretation for solely medicalised and/or commodified perspectives (Mennell, Murcott and Van Otterloo 1992), considering food in broader interdisciplinary dietary, cultural, political-economic, and life-course perspectives.…”

Section: Framing Inequality and Inequitymentioning

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Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Battersby¹,

Gordon²,

Harris³

et al. 2023

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The purpose of this paper is to outline a new intellectual and research agenda for future work taken forward by the Food Equity Centre on the theme of Healthy Diets. We outline our initial conceptual approach and summarise current thinking and action on dietary equity through four country case studies, then propose a number of research gaps that we will address in future research and publications together.

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Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Battersby¹,

Gordon²,

Harris³

et al. 2023

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“…France and the United States are high-income countries with considerable differences in food consumption patterns and eating behaviors, as previous research has shown [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. These include differences in lifestyle and dietary patterns, socialization during meals, eating schedules, and attitudes to food and food production.…”

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Cultural Influences on the Regulation of Energy Intake and Obesity: A Qualitative Study Comparing Food Customs and Attitudes to Eating in Adults from France and the United States

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(1) Background: The influence of food culture on eating behavior and obesity risk is poorly understood. (2) Methods: In this qualitative study, 25 adults in France with or without overweight/obesity participated in semi-structured interviews (n = 10) or focus groups (n = 15) to examine attitudes to food consumption and external pressures that influence eating behavior and weight management. Results were compared to an equivalent study conducted in the United States, thereby contrasting two countries with markedly different rates of obesity. Emerging key themes in the French data were identified through coding using a reflexive approach. (3) Results: The main themes identified were: (1) influence of commensality, social interactions, and pleasure from eating on eating behavior, (2) having a balanced and holistic approach to nutrition, (3) the role of environmental concerns in food consumption, (4) relationship with “natural” products (idealized) and food processing (demonized), (5) perceptions of weight status and management. Stress and difficulties in hunger cue discernment were viewed as important obstacles to weight management in both countries. External pressures were described as a major factor that explicitly influences food consumption in the U.S., while there was an implicit influence of external pressures through eating-related social interactions in France. In France, products considered “natural” where idealized and juxtaposed against processed and “industrial” products, whereas this was not a salient aspect in the U.S. (4) Conclusions: This first comparative qualitative study assessing aspects of food culture and eating behaviors across countries identifies both common and divergent attitudes to food and eating behavior. Further studies are needed to inform the development of effective behavioral interventions to address obesity in different populations.

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Introduction: Food Cultures and Spaces

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Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Healthy Diets Depend on Equity and Justice: Understanding the Context in Brazil, South Africa, the UK, and Vietnam

Cultural Influences on the Regulation of Energy Intake and Obesity: A Qualitative Study Comparing Food Customs and Attitudes to Eating in Adults from France and the United States

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