Black Hunger: Soul Food and America

Black Hunger: Soul Food and America . Doris Witt. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. 292 pp.     

The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change.

The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change. Chris Gosden and Jon Hather. eds. New York: Routledge, 1999. 523 pp.     

Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food

Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America's Favorite Food. Steve Striffler. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 195 pp.     

The Archaeology of Food Preference

Food preference is a socially constructed concept in which both consumers and producers define what is "good to eat." Staple crops and daily meals are an important component of these definitions, as the regular use of particular foods reinforces norms of identity. Food preferences also affect agricultural systems because choices among cultivars are based on social needs in addition to economic variables such as yield and caloric value. Through textual and archaeological evidence, the trajectory of rice production is examined for Sri Lanka, the Brahmaputra Valley, the Tamil region, and Vijayanagara. In these regions and elsewhere in South Asia, shared ideologies of food preference resulted in a consensus mode of agricultural production: Irrigation works increased the tax base for political leaders and the donation base for temple economies, but they also benefited local inhabitants who would have been able to partake of a preferred food on a more regular basis.     

Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China

Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China. Judith Farquhar. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. xii. 341 pp.     

Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China

Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China. Judith Farquhar. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2002. xii. 341pp.     

Food and the Status Quest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Food and the Status Quest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Polly Wiessner and Wulf Schiefenhövel. eds. Providence, RI: Berghahn Books, 1996. 294 pp.     

The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power

The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power. Carole M. Counihan. New York: Routledge, 1999.256 pp.     

University of British Columbia Food System Project: Towards Sustainable and Secure Campus Food Systems

In this profile article, we report what we consider to be a rich learning experience which intertwines pedagogy and research: a process of community-based action research which has initiated a transition towards the sustainability of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) food system. We call this initiative the UBC Food System Project (UBCFSP). The UBCFSP is a jointly initiated project between the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the UBC Sustainability Office, and includes nine UBC organizational partners and one collaborator. The project emerged out of the recognition that our global, national, regional, and local food systems are increasingly characterized as socially, ecologically, and economically insecure and unsustainable. As a result, these food systems are experiencing an array of vulnerabilities, particularly those that are demonstrated by profound disruptions in our ecosystem and in a worldwide epidemic of malnutrition. The overall objective of the project is to conduct a campus-wide UBC food system sustainability assessment, where barriers that hinder and opportunities to make transitions towards food system sustainability are being collaboratively identified and implemented. This article is part of a series intending to share the experiences gathered so far through the project. The purpose of this profile is to provide a brief overview of the UBC Food System Project, including the context and significance, both the pedagogical approach and research methods, and some accomplishments to date.     

Food systems microbiome-related educational needs

Within the European-funded Coordination and Support Action MicrobiomeSupport ( https://www.microbiomesupport.eu/ ), the Workshop ‘Education in Food Systems Microbiome Related Sciences: Needs for Universities, Industry and Public Health Systems’ brought together over 70 researchers, public health and industry partners from all over the world to work on elaborating microbiome-related educational needs in food systems. This publication provides a summary of discussions held during and after the workshop and the resulting recommendations.     

Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence

Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family and Gender in Twentieth-Century Florence . Carole M. Counihan. New York: Routledge, 2004. 248 pp.     

Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries.

Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries. Anita Spring. ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. 419 pp.     

Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea

Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea. Harriet Whitehead. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 330 pp.     

Changing Food Habits: Case Studies from Africa, South America, and Europe

Changing Food Habits: Case Studies from Africa, South America, and Europe. Carola Lentz. ed. Newark, NJ: Gardon and Breach Publishing, 1999. 296 pp.     

Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power.

Feasts: Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power. Michael Dietler and Brian Hayden. eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. 432 pp.     

Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past

Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past. Sidney W. Mintz. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.149 pp.     

食物限制对鼠类生理状况的影响

食物限制对鼠类生理特征产生明显影响。限食条件下,鼠类的能量消耗下降,能量需求降低,糖类、蛋白质和脂肪等物质的代谢过程及相应的酶活性改变,细胞免疫功能降低,神经内分泌发生变化,性成熟延迟,动情周期改变,动情行为受到抑制,生殖力下降,仔代的发育受到影响,性比发生变化。现就该领域近年来的研究进展做一综述,并提出一些新的思路。     

食物成瘾及其神经环路调控机制

食物成瘾是指人们对某些特定食物（高度加工、可口、高热量的食物）的依赖性达到难以控制的程度,并表现出一系列成瘾样的行为学变化,具有强迫性、长期性和反复性的特点。食物成瘾可引起肥胖症,而且是大部分人不能维持减肥效果或坚持限制性饮食以保持健康体重的核心因素。深入理解食物成瘾及其神经生物学机制,将为干预食物成瘾以改善肥胖提供准确的靶点。食物成瘾的诊断标准是耶鲁大学食物成瘾量表,而食物成瘾的动物模型为小鼠食物自我管理模型。外侧下丘脑-腹侧被盖区-伏隔核神经环路、腹侧被盖区-前边缘皮质-伏隔核神经环路和外侧隔核-结节核神经环路是调控食物成瘾的关键神经环路机制。     

Challenging Nature: Local Knowledge, Agroscience, and Food Security in Tanga Region, Tanzania

Challenging Nature: Local Knowledge, Agroscience, and Food Security in Tanga Region, Tanzania . Philip W. Porter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. 318 pp.     

Food and energy requirements of captive barn owls Tyto alba

Food and energy requirements of captive barn owls were determined at 5, 15 and 25 degrees C. Food consumption, gross energy intake, dry matter intake, and existence metabolism increased as ambient temperature decreased. Barn owl energy assimilation efficiencies at the three test temperatures were approximately 78%. An increase in bioenergetic parameters might be anticipated when a bird is cold-stressed and must increase its metabolism for thermoregulation.