A network for those interested in the history of nutrition and related fields. This network is intended for the growing number of scholars, teachers, documentary filmmakers, and museum and library professionals engaged with the history of nutrition in any time period or region.
Thank you for alerting us to this very interesting new article, and thank you for the mention of my work as well!
May’s first source of the month is Or Glicklich and Sara Cohen Shaboot’s recent article, “Perpetual Waiting: Analyzing Dieters’ Time in WW’s Instagram Posts,” in Fat Studies
Given the current shortage of baby formula in the United States due a safety recall by Abbott Laboratories, I thought it might be helpful to collect primary and secondary sources on the history of infant feeding and nutrition with a particular emphasis on formula. Here are a few I could get my hands on readily.
Chinese Food Futures with Fuchsia Dunlop, Lucas Sin, and Xiaowei R. Wang
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 7:30pm EDT
To register: https://emory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KEh02AkuS_WYuD_I1K_pxA
Event website: https://chinesefoodfutures.com/
April's source of the month is Veronica S. W. Mak's monograph Milk Craze: Body, Science, and Hope in China, published in 2021 by University of Hawai'i Press.
H-Nutrition dishes up the latest nutrition news. Enjoy!
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The source of the month for March is a primary source, a brief 1850 article entitled “Fare of Slaves on Plantations” and published under the name “Pract. Christian” in The North Star, a newspaper founded and edited by Frederick Douglass.
I'm actually really excited to learn about this collection, as I am trying to give medical students historical perspectives on contemporary clinical practice in the nutrition elective I teach. I think I will assign the "Freddie Food Stamp" pamphlet on the day we discuss SNAP benefits, shopping and cooking at a "non-grocery store," and the 2008 Farm Bill. I promise to write more about this syllabus when I get a chance.
