1st Edition
Food and the Risk Society The Power of Risk Perception
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acronyms
FOOD AND RISK IN SOCIOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
1. Food and health from a risk perspective
2. Sociological risk discourse frameworks
The Socio-Cultural Risk Perspective
3. Obesity - the new normal
4. Caffeine - a common psychoactive stimulant - within a socio-cultural risk perspective
5. Alcohol consumption and the socio-cultural risk discourse
6. The risks and benefits of dietary supplements
7. A socio-cultural risk perspective on contrived diets
The Risk Society Perspective of Modern Industrialisation
8. The genetically modified food credibility gap
9. Risk perception of foodborne pathogens
10. Organic food – reinventing traditional food production?
Governmentality Risk Perspective
11. Tasty and toxic – a culinary risk dilemma
12. Unbalanced diet – a public health risk issue
13. Concluding remarks and the future
References
Index
Biography
Charlotte Fabiansson has a PhD in Sociology and is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminal Justice at Victoria University Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of Pathways to Excessive Gambling: A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits.
Stefan Fabiansson is a veterinary scientist and an independent researcher with a focus on public health and food safety. He has held positions as Professor in Food Safety at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Chief Scientist at the NSW Food Authority, Australia and as Head of the Unit for Dietary and Chemical Monitoring at the European Food Safety Authority.
