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The nations diet: the social science of food choice/edited by Anne
Murcott.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-582-30285-4
1. Diet-Social aspects-Great Britain. 2. Nutrition-Social
aspects- Great Britain. I. Murcott, Anne.
TX360.G7N37 1998
363.850941-dc21
98-11982
CIP
Transferred to Digital Print on Demand 2002
Contents
Anne Murcott
Andrew Steptoe, Jane Wardle, Zara Lipsey, Georgina Oliver, Tessa M. Pollard and G. Jill Davies
Mark Conner, Rachel Povey, Paul Sparks, Rhiannon James and Richard Shepherd
C. Fergus Lowe, Alan Dowey and Pauline Horne
Trevor Young, Michael Burton and Richard Dorsett
Ben Fine, Michael Heasman and Judith Wright
Neil Wrigley
Alan Warde and Lydia Martens
Andrew Flynn, Michelle Harrison and Terry Marsden
Pat Caplan, Anne Keane, Anna Willetts and Janice Williams
Spencer Henson, Susan Gregory, Malcolm Hamilton and Ann Walker
Debbie Kemmer, Annie S. Anderson and David W. Marshall
Robert G. Burgess and Marlene Morrison
Sally Macintyre, Jacquie Reilly, David Miller and John Eldridge
Elizabeth Murphy, Susan Parker and Christine Phipps
Rory Williams, Helen Bush, Mike Lean, Annie S. Anderson and Hannah Bradby
Diana Leat
Leslie Gofton
David Smith
Annie S. Anderson, School of Management and Consumer Studies, University of Dundee
Hannah Bradby, MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow
Robert G. Burgess, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal & Research, University of Warwick
Michael Burton, CAFRE, School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester
Helen Bush, MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow
Pat Caplan, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
Mark Conner, Department of Psychology, University of Leeds
G. Jill Davies, Centre for Nutrition, South Bank University, London
Richard Dorsett, Policy Studies Institute, London
Alan Dowey, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor
John Eldridge, Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow
Ben Fine, Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Andrew Flynn, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff
Leslie Gofton, Department of Social Policy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Susan Gregory, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Malcolm Hamilton, Department of Sociology, University of Reading
Michelle Harrison, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff
Michael Heasman, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Spencer Henson, Department of Agricultural Economics & Management, University of Reading
Pauline Home, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor
Rhiannon James, Consumer Sciences Department, Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory
Anne Keane, Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of london
Debbie Kemmer, Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh
Mike Lean, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow
Diana Leat, Policy Studies Institute, London
Zara Lipsey, Department of Psychology, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London
C. Fergus Lowe, Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor
Sally Macintyre, MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow
Terry Marsden, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Wales, Cardiff
David W Marshall, Department of Business Studies, University of Edinburgh
Lydia Martens, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling
David W. Miller, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling
Marlene Morrison, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick
Elizabeth Murphy, School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham
Georgina Oliver, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London
Susan Parker, School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham
Christine Phipps, School of Social Studies, University of Nottingham
Tessa M. Pollard, Department of Anthropology, University of Durham
Rachel Povey, Department of Psychology, University of Leeds
Jacquie Reilly, Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow
Richard Shepherd, Consumer Sciences Department, Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory
David Smith, Department of History, University of Aberdeen
Paul Sparks, Consumer Sciences Department, Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory
Andrew Steptoe, Department of Psychology, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London
Ann Walker, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Reading
Alan Warde, Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster
Jane Wardle, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London
Anna Willetts, The Consumers Association, London
Janice Williams, Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Rory Williams, MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Glasgow