Author : Tina Moffat
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774866918
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Book Synopsis Small Bites by : Tina Moffat
Download or read book Small Bites written by Tina Moffat and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picky eating. Obesity. Malnutrition. Cutting through current anxiety and hype, Small Bites challenges preconceptions about the biological basis of children’s eating habits, gendered and parent-focused responsibility, and the notion of naturally determined children’s foods. Tina Moffat draws on extensive anthropological research to explore the biological and sociocultural determinants of child nutrition and feeding. Are children naturally picky eaters? How can school meal programs help to address food insecurity and malnutrition? How has the industrial food system commodified children’s food and shaped children’s bodies? Small Bites investigates how children are fed in school and at home in Nepal, France, Japan, Canada, and the United States to reveal the ways child nutrition reflects broader cultural approaches to childhood and food. This important work also sets a course for food policy, schools, communities, and caregivers to improve children’s food and nutrition equitably and sustainably.