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CHANGING DIETARY TRENDS AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Agnieszka MAJ1
Techno-Societal Changes in a Practice of Life
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (96-97) 2018, Publication date: 5 June 2018
Keywords: lifestyle, food, transition, Poland, eating habits, medicalization
Abstract The aim of the article is to show that changes in eating habits can be interpreted as a kind of social change. The author analyzes examples referring to Poland, a country where traditional approaches to food, nutrition and culinary practices are undergoing transition through the influence of media patterns, the process of globalization, as well as changes in patterns of consumption. As an exemplification of the described changes the available results of nationwide sociological surveys on dietary preferences, changing consumer trends and conclusions from Author’s own qualitative research were use
Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
E-mail: agnieszka_maj@sggw.pl