Sökning: "Choices of food"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 59 avhandlingar innehållade orden Choices of food.
1. Engagement with Fungi-Based Food : Recovery and Valorization of Resources for Food
Sammanfattning : There has been an increasing demand for more sustainable food and ways of encouraging individuals to lead more sustainable lives. This thesis seeks to contribute to understanding human engagement with fungi-based food in a multidisciplinary manner by complementing resource recovery with an occupational perspective that sheds light on aspects that encourage or discourage individuals from engaging with this food. LÄS MER
2. Food in the Future : energy and transport in the food system
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores possible future forms of a sustainable food supply system from an energy aspect. Particular attention is devoted to local food supply as a means to reduce energy use for transport. The thesis consists of a covering essay and three studies: one futures study of the entire food supply system and two case studies of local farming. LÄS MER
3. Föreställningar om mat och ätande : Risk, kropp, identitet och den "ifrågasatta" maten i vår tid
Sammanfattning : In Western society, food is debated and in various ways contested. Social science research has described various cultural imperatives related to food and choices of diet, that raises questions about how people understand issues of food and eating in their everyday lives. LÄS MER
4. Toward an understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of dietary change
Sammanfattning : Healthy dietary changes would be beneficial for society, as the economic burden of diet-related diseases is massive, and for the individual, who would reduce their risk of ill health. However, it is not easy to change dietary habits. LÄS MER
5. Hur blir djur mat? : En kritisk studie av den etiska djurproduktionen i svenska ekologiska organisationer
Sammanfattning : Modern Western society is characterized by an increased consumption of animals, which has led to consequences in the form of an intensified exploitation of animals and the environment. The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the processes by which certain animals are made into food, and how power structures between humans and animals are maintained or challenged in Swedish organic organizations. LÄS MER