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This text discusses the consumption of food in the age of affluence and how socioeconomic and cultural factors play a role in influencing the production, marketing, and consumption of food. It draws on food systems theory to provide a sound analytical foundation, and includes case studies from food industries to illustrate the points made. Finally, it employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption.
This text proposes a new interdisciplinary approach to food consumption. Examining the importance of socioeconomic and cultural factors over diet in influencing the production, marketing and consumption of foods, it places food systems theory on sound analytical foundations. This text draws critically from food systems literature, includes relevant case studies from food industries and employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption.
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