Health, Food And Social Inequality (Routledge Studies In The Sociology Of Health And Illness)

This book investigates how vast amounts of consumer data amassed by private companies, alongside epidemiological analysis of dietary type, social class and resulting health profiles, is used by the food industry to enable the social ranking of products and consumers and to shape food consumption patterns.

• | Author: Carolyn Mahoney
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138801291
• | ISBN-13: 9781138801295