'Eating, eating is always there': Food, consumerism and cardiovascular disease. Some evidence from Kerala, south India

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-275

  Wilson, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic illness; ethnography; food; medical anthropology; south Asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; DIET; EATING; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE;

EID: 78650213274     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2010.526699     Document Type: Article

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