Search for dissertations about: "healthy eating discourse"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words healthy eating discourse.

  2. 1. Negotiating healthy eating : Lay, stakeholder and government constructions of official dietary guidance in Sweden

    Author : Karolin Bergman; Paulina Nowicka; Elin Lövestam; Signild Vallgårda; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dietary guidance; official dietary guidelines; healthy eating discourse; holistic dietary advice; reductionism; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Abstract : This thesis approaches dietary guidance as socio-culturally produced and comprised in a specific historical context. The work is premised on the position that ideas and understandings of healthy eating are discursively constructed, and that we form our understandings of the world, ourselves and others through discourse. READ MORE

  4. 2. "We're made of meat, so why should we eat vegetables?" : food discourses in the school subject home and consumer studies

    Author : Ingela Bohm; Agneta Hörnell; Gun Åbacka; Carita Bengs; Hilary Janks; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Critical food literacy; discourse analysis; food sociology; health education; home economics; Kostvetenskap; Food and Nutrition;

    Abstract : Background: Food has many different functions. On a physical level, it is needed to survive and to maintain health, but it also has many social, psychological, and emotional meanings. For example, food is used to build relationships, to mark hierarchies, to celebrate holidays, and to influence mood and self-image. READ MORE