Food and the Risk Society: The Power of Risk Perception

ISBN-13: 9780367596521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 282 str.

Charlotte Fabiansson; Stefan Fabiansson

Opis

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the current scientific knowledge concerning risks associated with food preparation, processing and consumption, with particular attention to the gap between scientific research and public perception. Examining the effects of food on the body from both micro and macro levels, it covers a range of bro

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Acronyms

FOOD AND RISK IN SOCIOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

1. Food and health from a risk perspective

2. Sociological risk discourse frameworks

The Socio-Cultural Risk Perspective

3. Obesity - the new normal

4. Caffeine - a common psychoactive stimulant - within a socio-cultural risk perspective

5. Alcohol consumption and the socio-cultural risk discourse

6. The risks and benefits of dietary supplements

7. A socio-cultural risk perspective on contrived diets

The Risk Society Perspective of Modern Industrialisation

8. The genetically modified food credibility gap

9. Risk perception of foodborne pathogens

10. Organic food – reinventing traditional food production?

Governmentality Risk Perspective

11. Tasty and toxic – a culinary risk dilemma

12. Unbalanced diet – a public health risk issue

13. Concluding remarks and the future

References

Index

O autorze

Charlotte Fabiansson has a PhD in Sociology and is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminal Justice at Victoria University Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of Pathways to Excessive Gambling: A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits.

Stefan Fabiansson is a veterinary scientist and an independent researcher with a focus on public health and food safety. He has held positions as Professor in Food Safety at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Chief Scientist at the NSW Food Authority, Australia and as Head of the Unit for Dietary and Chemical Monitoring at the European Food Safety Authority.