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Measuring Food Culture: a Tool for Public Health Practice

verfasst von: Rebecca Kanter, Joel Gittelsohn

Erschienen in: Current Obesity Reports | Ausgabe 4/2020

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

Food culture is a ubiquitous aspect of all societies. This review provides an overview of methods for measuring food culture, and emphasizes the importance of these measures not just for description, but also for strengthening public health practice, primarily through the development of better interventions; to monitor and evaluate changes in diet and nutrition; and for the development of strategies for sustainability and dissemination.

Recent Findings

Food culture measurement has enriched public health practice through its use of myriad approaches, including interviews, cultural domain analysis, visual methods, observation, time allocation studies, focus groups and community workshops, household studies, and textual analysis.

Summary

Food culture measurement is essential for public health practice related to food and nutrition, and can lead to, among other outcomes, improved implementation research in nutrition, understanding household dynamics that impact nutritional outcomes, innovative textual analysis to identify food culture through language, and the selection of interventions conveyed through multiple strategies, including digital means, such as via social media.

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Titel: Measuring Food Culture: a Tool for Public Health Practice
verfasst von: Rebecca Kanter
Joel Gittelsohn
Publikationsdatum: 31.10.2020
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Current Obesity Reports / Ausgabe 4/2020
Elektronische ISSN: 2162-4968
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00414-w

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