Food and Culture in America: A Nutrition Handbook

by Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn P. Sucher

Book Overview

Designed to help dieticians, nutritionists, and all health professionals work effectively with members of different ethnic and religious groups in a culturally-sensitive manner. Acquaints readers with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442283229
• ISBN13: 9780442283223
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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This volume is readable, engaging and expertly researched. Yes $52 is a bit painful - but it truly is a unique piece.Do you want to know the current diet of a third generation Italian American? The nutritional problems specific to recent immigrants from Samoa? What genetic predispositions for riboflavin deficiencies exist among indigenous north american poulations? It's all here.The authors' use of bold headings, photos and catchy sidebars all contribute to an excellent primer on the cultural influences on nutrition in present-day US.