Nutrition can be explored in both cultural and physical anthropological perspectives. The study of nutrition in medical anthropology explores how food consumption and production is related to the lives and health of people in different cultural settings. This chapter looks at contemporary nutritional anthropology and its place in medical anthropology. The author discusses the theoretical foundations of the discipline, and reviews recent works of interest. Further, Quandt suggests areas in need of development and further exploration.
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Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method
