Food Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care - Children, Practitioners, and Parents in an English Nursery

This book is about food and feeding in early childhood education and care, offering an exploration of the intersection of children's food, education, family intervention, and public health policies.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Rethinking responsibility? The state in children's everyday lives
Chapter 3. The food industry and its contradictions
Chapter 4. Feeding children in a childcare setting
Chapter 5. Children's eating practices in childcare
Chapter 6. Food and parenting in the mixed economy of welfare
Chapter 7. Mothers and foodwork
Conclusion

About the author

Francesca Vaghi is an anthropologist and childhood studies scholar. She holds a PhD in anthropology and sociology from SOAS, University of London, and is currently a Research Associate at the School of Social Work & Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Francesca's work seeks to advance critical approaches in public health, specifically looking at how dominant policy discourses (re)create and seek to address 'problems' that have implications for working class and ethnic minority families, particularly in matters related to food insecurity, childhood poverty, and childcare policy.

Summary

This book is about food and feeding in early childhood education and care, offering an exploration of the intersection of children’s food, education, family intervention, and public health policies.

Product details

• Authors: Francesca Vaghi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032286099
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228609-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Food Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, NATURE / Ecology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Children's Health, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Dietetics & nutrition, Illness & addiction: social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Politics & government, Food & society, Educational strategies & policy, Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Dietetics and nutrition, Agricultural science, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Agriculture & Related Industries, Nursing and ancillary services, Nursing & ancillary services, Agribusiness and primary industries, Cultural studies: food and society, Medical Anthropology, Educational strategies and policy, children;food;nursery;policy;English;sustainable