Health, Food and Social Inequality: Critical Perspectives on the Supply and Marketing of Food (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness)
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Categories: Books, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Medicine & Health Sciences



Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.65 x 9.21 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0367341441
Publisher: Routledge
Print length: 276 pages
Publication date: June 6, 2019
ISBN-13: 978-0367341442
Edition: 1st
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Carolyn Mahoney
review: Editorial Reviews Review 'The book opens with an overview of "the politics of food consumption and health" and then delves into three chapters rich―and dense―with theory...Though there is no direct comparison, the book is a deeper, headier dive from general overviews, such as the 2013 revised and expanded edition of Marion Nestle’s Food Politics (CH, Oct'03, 41-0962) or Michael Moss’s Salt, Sugar, Fat (CH, Aug'13, 50-6793)...Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.' - J. M. Deutsch, Drexel University, CHOICE , October 2015 "Mahoney’s research consists of synthesising a wide range of published studies on health and nutrition, marketing and food production...What is especially interesting is her argument that the expan-sion of sites where food can be purchased, from bookshops to ﬁtness centres, encourages overeat-ing. Indeed, food is omnipresent and much of it is cheap. ".- Laura J. Miller Brandeis University, Sociology of Health & Illness Vol. About the Author Following an extended career in public affairs, as a speechwriter and later as a newsroom journalist and editor, Carolyn Mahoney obtained her doctorate at the University of Sussex, UK. She is based in London and is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Brighton, UK.