School Food Politics in Mexico - The Corporatization of Obesity and Healthy Eating Policies

Intertwining policy analysis and ethnography, José Tenorio examines how, and why now, the promotion of healthy lifestyles has been positioned as an ideal 'solution' to obesity and how this shapes the preparation, sale and consumption of food in schools in Mexico.

List of contents

1. Governing Through Healthy Lifestyles 2. Food, Public Health and Education in the Making of Mexico 3. The Cultural Politics of Language in Obesity Policy 4. Corporatizing Healthy Eating 5. Beyond Policy: Everyday Cooking in Schools 6. Healthy Lifestyles, Bottled Water and Corporate Profits 7. Food Through Schools: What Futures?

About the author

José Tenorio is an Associate Lecturer at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland in Australia. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of food, health and education. He is a co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies.

Summary

Intertwining policy analysis and ethnography, José Tenorio examines how, and why now, the promotion of healthy lifestyles has been positioned as an ideal ‘solution’ to obesity and how this shapes the preparation, sale and consumption of food in schools in Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: José Tenorio, Jose (University of Queensland Tenorio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032410999
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241099-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Critical Studies in Health and Education
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); EDUCATION / General, Sociology, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Comparative, Food & society, Organization & management of education, Communication Studies, Educational administration and organization, Public health & preventive medicine, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Medical Sociology, Public health and preventive medicine, Cultural studies: food and society, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Obesity: Treatment & Therapy, Obesity: treatment and therapy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary