Course Description

Anthropology 341a/b Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

An examination of cultural attitudes to diet and subsistence and their effects on human biology in both ancient and modern contexts. Areas to be explored include: subsistence strategies and modelling; food ideology and metaphor; processing and preparation; the effects of diet on growth and development; diet related diseases.

Prerequisite: Any one of Anthropology 025F/G and 026F/G or the former Anthropology 020E, 021 or 226a/b or the former Zoology 106E or permission of the Department Chair.

Must be registered in Anthropology Year 3 or 4

3 lecture hours, half course.

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