"I Come from a Black-Eyed Pea Background": The Incorporation of History into Women's Discussions of Diet and Health

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-96

  Smith, Katherine Clegg ^a   Kromm, Elizabeth Edsall ^a   Brown, Natasha Ann ^a   Klassen, Ann Carroll ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic disease; diet; nostalgia; social construction

Indexed keywords

DIET; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84863393515     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.635574     Document Type: Article

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