Food literacy

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: food literacy for contemporary food and eating -- The use of the term in policy and practice -- Contemporary food and eating -- The rituals of eating -- Conclusions -- References -- 2. An overview of the use of the term food literacy -- Introduction -- Published use of the term food literacy -- Other terms used to describe food knowledge, skills and behaviours -- Conclusions -- References

Introduction : food literacy for contemporary food and eating / Helen Vidgen -- An overview of the use of the term food literacy / Andrea Begley and Helen Vidgen -- A definition of food literacy and its components / Helen Vidgen -- Relating food literacy to nutrition and health / Helen Vidgen -- Using a health literacy frame to conceptualize food literacy / Doris E. Gillis -- Food literacy and food choice : a constructionist perspective / Carole Bisogni, Stephanie Bostic, Jeffery Sobal and Margaret Jastran -- Food literacy beyond the individual : the nexus between personal skills and victim blaming / Martin Caraher -- The nexus between food literacy, food security and disadvantage / Danielle Gallegos -- The development of food literacy / Helen Vidgen -- Developing food literacy through the education sector : a focus on home economics / Sandra Fordyce-Voorham and Theresa Wai Ling Lai-Yeung -- Developing food literacy through the health sector / Andrea Begley -- Developing food literacy through food production / Heather Yeatman -- Measuring food literacy / Rebecca Mckecknie -- Food literacy : key concepts and the elephants in the room / Helen Vidgen and Martin Caraher