Food literacy : key concepts for health and education / edited by Helen Vidgen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vidgen, Helen, editor, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in food, society and environment

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Social aspects.

Food habits.

Nutrition--Social aspects.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

xv, 245 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Globally, the food system, and the relationship of the individual to that system, continues to change and grow in complexity. Eating is an everyday event that is part of everyone's life. There are many commentaries on the nature of these changes to what, where and how we eat and their socio-cultural, environmental, educational, economic and health consequences. Among this discussion, the term 'food literacy' has emerged to acknowledge the broad role food and eating play In our lives and the empowerment that comes from meeting food needs well. In this book, contributors from Australia, China, the United Kingdom and North America provide a review of international research on food literacy and how this can be applied in schools, health-care settings and public education at the individual, group and population level. These varying perspectives will give the reader an introduction to this emerging concept. The book gathers current insights and provides a platform for discussion leading to further understanding and application in this field. It stimulates the reader to conceptualize what food literacy means to their practice and to critically review its potential contribution to a range of outcomes. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : food literacy for contemporary food and eating / Helen Vidgen

An overview of the use of the term food literacy / Andrea Begley and Helen Vidgen

A definition of food literacy and its components / Helen Vidgen

Relating food literacy to nutrition and health / Helen Vidgen

Using a health literacy frame to conceptualize food literacy / Doris E. Gillis

Food literacy and food choice : a constructionist perspective / Carole Bisogni, Stephanie Bostic, Jeffery Sobal and Margaret Jastran

Food literacy beyond the individual : the nexus between personal skills and victim blaming / Martin Caraher

The nexus between food literacy, food security and disadvantage / Danielle Gallegos

The development of food literacy / Helen Vidgen

Developing food literacy through the education sector : a focus on home economics / Sandra Fordyce-Voorham and Theresa Wai Ling Lai-Yeung

Developing food literacy through the health sector / Andrea Begley

Developing food literacy through food production / Heather Yeatman

Measuring food literacy / Rebecca Mckecknie

Food literacy : key concepts and the elephants in the room / Helen Vidgen and Martin Caraher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138898516

1138898511

9781138898523

113889852X

OCLC:

929917783