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Infant Care and Feeding in the South Pacific

Infant Care and Feeding in the South Pacific

1st Edition

Edited By Leslie B. Marshall
January 01, 1985

First Published in 1985.  This is Volume 3 of a series on Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology. In the aftermath of the controversial marketing of infant formula in the Third World, this volume describes infant care and feeding practices within their social, cultural and physical ...

Cooking and Coping Among the Cacti Diet, Nutrition and Available Income in Northwestern Mexico

Cooking and Coping Among the Cacti: Diet, Nutrition and Available Income in Northwestern Mexico

1st Edition

By Roberta D. Baer
April 01, 1998

Using data collected from 105 households in Sonora, Mexico, the author combines detailed ethnographic research with quantitative analyses of income, diet, and nutritional status to examine the dietary patterns of residents who "cook and cope among the cacti." Employing a new analytical concept of "...

Food, Ecology and Culture Readings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices

Food, Ecology and Culture: Readings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices

1st Edition

Edited By John R.K. Robson
January 01, 1980

First published in 1980. The following papers represent a selection of studies which provide such an insight into human food behavior during development. It is hoped that readers will be encouraged to participate in this new quest for knowledge. The time has surely come to document carefully the ...

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