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Volume 31, Issue 2
1 April 2001
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Factors affecting what we eat

Mabel Blades
Mabel Blades
Mabel Blades is a Freelance Independent Nutritionist and Dietitian, based at Nutrition and Dietetic Services, Rusden, Northants., UK.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6917
Print ISSN: 0034-6659
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Nutrition & Food Science (2001) 31 (2): 71–74.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00346650110366982

The article provides a brief overview of the influences on what people eat. It also briefly details the socio‐cultural groups used by researchers. Initiatives to improve the dietary intake of groups are discussed.

Keywords: Social class, Culture, Diet, Sociology
© MCB UP Limited
2001
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