Food literacy : key concepts for health and education / edited by Helen Vidgen. - New York : Routledge, 2016. - xv, 245 p ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in food, society and the environment .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781138898516 (hbk) 9781138898523 (pbk)

2015042646


Food habits--Social aspects.
Nutrition--Social aspects.

GT2850 / .F66

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