Small Bites: Biocultural Dimensions of Children’s Food and Nutrition

Abstract

Small Bites is an attempt to comprehensively examine the gargantuan issues of child feeding and nutrition, both today and in the past. Tina Mo ff at uses an innovative combination of theoretical frameworks (including the biocultural approach, life history theory and critical food theory) in her attempt to unravel the factors that contribute to child feeding practices on both an individual and structural level. Beginning with an evolutionary perspective, moving through historical practices and the industrialisation of food, and ending by thinking about what lies ahead for childhood feeding practices, the book feels well-rounded and relevant not just to anthropologists, but also to policy makers, educators, caregivers, and the public as a whole.