Framing the Latin American nutrition transition in a historical perspective, 1850 to the present
Abstract This paper argues that many of the foundations and trends that led to the rise in obesity and other diet-related health problems in Latin America began to develop in the late nineteenth century. The tendency towards presentism in the nutrition transition literature provides a much abbreviat...
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| description | Abstract This paper argues that many of the foundations and trends that led to the rise in obesity and other diet-related health problems in Latin America began to develop in the late nineteenth century. The tendency towards presentism in the nutrition transition literature provides a much abbreviated and limited history of changes in diet and weight. Whereas medical and nutrition researchers have tended to emphasize the recent onset of the crisis, a historical perspective suggests that increasingly global food sourcing prompted changes in foodways and a gradual “fattening” of Latin America. This paper also provides a methodological and historiographic exploration of how to historicize the nutrition transition, drawing on a diverse array of sources from pre-1980 to the present. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-32fdffe5bbe04c37a8127ccb8fb5c7332025-08-20T03:29:34ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo CruzHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos1678-475810.1590/s0104-59702021000100012Framing the Latin American nutrition transition in a historical perspective, 1850 to the presentJonathan D. AblardAbstract This paper argues that many of the foundations and trends that led to the rise in obesity and other diet-related health problems in Latin America began to develop in the late nineteenth century. The tendency towards presentism in the nutrition transition literature provides a much abbreviated and limited history of changes in diet and weight. Whereas medical and nutrition researchers have tended to emphasize the recent onset of the crisis, a historical perspective suggests that increasingly global food sourcing prompted changes in foodways and a gradual “fattening” of Latin America. This paper also provides a methodological and historiographic exploration of how to historicize the nutrition transition, drawing on a diverse array of sources from pre-1980 to the present.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/hcsm/v28n1/0104-5970-hcsm-28-01-0233.pdfnutrition transitionnutrition historyobesityfoodways |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan D. Ablard Framing the Latin American nutrition transition in a historical perspective, 1850 to the present História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos nutrition transition nutrition history obesity foodways |
| title | Framing the Latin American nutrition transition in a historical perspective, 1850 to the present |
| title_full | Framing the Latin American nutrition transition in a historical perspective, 1850 to the present |
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| topic | nutrition transition nutrition history obesity foodways |
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