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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jose (University of Queensland Tenorio, José Tenorio
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 26.10.2023
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781032410999
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241099-9
• Numero di pagine: 172
• Serie: Critical Studies in Health and Education
• Categorie: 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, Ethnographic Research, 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, public health policy, Food environment, neoliberal governance, Foucauldian analysis, structural determinants of obesity, nutrition education interventions