Anthropology of Food

In the News . . .

• Your gut microbes may influence how you handle stress – MPRNews (24 June 2024)
  
  
• How gut bacteria are controlling your brain -- BBCFuture (22 January 2023)
  
  
• Why a workout is good for your gut bacteria -- BBCFuture (25 August 2022)
  
  
• Scientists Discover That This Type of Diet Can Shrink Brains -- SciTechDaily (08 August 2022)
  
  
• Sunlight may trigger hormone that makes men hungrier, study suggests -- The Guardian (11 July 2022)
  
  
• Certain gut microbes may affect stroke risk and severity, scientists find -- The Guardian (04 May 2022)
  
  
• How Some Gut Microbes Awaken Zombie Viruses in Their Neighbors -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (23 February 2022)
  
  
• Super poo: the emerging science of stool transplants and designer gut bacteria -- The Guardian (02 January 2022)
  
  
• A fan of black coffee and dark chocolate? It's in your genes, a new study says -- CNNFood (29 December 2021)
  
  
• Ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA [milk; lactose intolerance] -- BBCNews (22 December 2021)
  
  
• The New Science on How We Burn Calories -- The New York Times Magazine (14 September 2021)
  
  
• Burn, baby, burn: the new science of metabolism rem obesity -- The Guardian (30 October 2021)
  
  
• Scientists Claim Overeating Is Not the Primary Cause of Obesity – Point to More Effective Weight Loss Strategies -- SciTecDaily (13 September 2021)
  
  
• Unlocking the ‘gut microbiome’ – and its massive significance to our health -- The Guardian (11 July 2021)
  
  
• New Drugs Could Help Treat Obesity. Could They End the Stigma, Too? -- The New York Times (11 May 2021)
  
  
• How sugary drinks during pregnancy affect childhood obesity (and what to do about it) -- Brookings (14 April 2021)
  
  
• High school announcer caught by hot mic blames racist outburst on high blood sugar -- The Guardian (12 March 2021)
  
  
• Why IBS, GERD, and Other Gut Disorders Are on the Rise -- Elemental (04 March 2021)
  
  
• ‘A Game Changer’: Drug Brings Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity -- The New York Times (10 February 2021)
  
  
• 80% of Americans Are Deficient in This Mineral That Controls Sugar Cravings -- EatThis,NotThat! (17 January 2021)
  
  
• Gary Taubes: 'Obesity isn’t a calorie problem, it’s a hormone problem' -- The Guardian (17 January 2021)
  
  
• How the Right Foods May Lead to a Healthier Gut, and Better Health -- The New York Times (11 January 2021)
  
  
• People With This Mutation Can’t Smell Stinky Fish -- The New York Times (08 October 2020)
  
  
• Losing weight could come down to one forgotten lifestyle factor -- Inverse (13 September 2020)
  
  
• Black and Hispanic Americans at higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, obesity: Time to fix our broken food system -- BROOKINGS (07 August 2020)
  
  
• Landmark obesity guidelines in Canada treat problem as chronic illness -- The Guardian (04 August 2020)
  
  
• Obesity not defined by weight, says new Canada guideline -- BBCNews (04 August 2020)
  
  
• Competitive hotdog eaters nearing limit of human performance – The Guardian (14 July 2020)
  
  
• Better Brain Health: We Are What We Eat. Raphaël Hitier (Dir.) (2019, 42:25 min, CC) -- Deutsche Welle (DW) [German Public Broadcasting Service] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpbfOJ4bJU&feature=youtu.be
  
  
• Coronavirus and obesity: Doctors take aim at food industry over poor diets -- FoodNavigator (22 April 2020)
  
  
• Mother and daughters told 'too big' for business class -- BBCNews (07 February 2020)
  
  
• Left-handed women's quirk over sense of smell -- BBCNews (07 November 2019)
  
  
• Fat found in overweight people's lungs -- BBChealth (18 October 2019)
  
  
• Ancient Sippy Cups Could Help Explain a Prehistoric Baby Boom -- WIRED (05 October 2019)
  
  
• Prehistoric Parents Used Baby Bottles Made of Pottery -- The New York Times (25 September 2019)
  
  
• Why red wine could be good for your gut - in moderation -- BBCNews (28 August 2019)
  
  
• Good gut bacteria 'helps starving children' -- BBCNews (12 July 2019)
  
  
• This Genetic Mutation Makes People Feel Full — All the Time -- The New York Times (18 April 2019)
  
  
• Should you go vegan for the sake of your gut? -- BBCFuture (01 March 2019)
  
  
• Extreme fasting: how Silicon Valley is rebranding eating disorders -- The Guardian (21 February 2019)
  
  
• Can detoxing help your gut health? -- BBCFuture (31 January 2019)
  
  
• The Ecosystem in Immigrants’ Guts Is Shaped by the Place They Call Home -- The New York Times (08 November 2018)
  
  
• What we do and don’t know about gut health -- BBCFuture (22 January 2019)
  
  
• How our gut bacteria changes the way we feel -- BBCFuture (29 June 2018)
  
  
• It's not just in the genes: the foods that can help and harm your brain -- The Guardian (12 February 2018)
  
  
• Hidden history of prehistoric women's work revealed -- BBCNews (29 November 2017)
  
  
• Why We All Scream When We Get Ice Cream Brain Freeze -- MPRNews (31 July 2017)
  
  
• Can I Test the Health of My Gut Microbiota? -- The New York Times (07 July 2017)
  
  
• How long does it take to burn off a chocolate bar? -- BBCfuture (05 July 2017)
  
  
• The Science Behind Why Wine Tastes Better on a Plane -- GQ (12 April 2017)
  
  
• A change in diet may have helped our brains get so big -- BBCearth (27 March 2017)
  
  
• Your daily coffee habit could be partly genetic, new study suggests -- The Guardian (25 August 2016)
  
  
• How our bodies react to holiday food excess -- BBCNews (24 December 2015)
  
  
• Body's 'chemical calendar' discovered -- BBCNews (25 September 2015)
  
  
• The Center for Genomic Gastronomy ["The Center for Genomic Gastronomy Is an artist-led think tank that examines the biotechnologies and biodiversity of human food systems"]
  
  
• Maya Ancestry May Help Explain the High Risk of Diabetes in Mexico -- Science (05 June 2015)
  
  
• 2,000 Year Old Parasite Eggs Found in Iron Age Cellar -- Science 2.0 (29 December 2014)
  
  
• Did Microbes Shape the Human Lifespan? -- LiveScience (24 December 2014)
  
  
• Gene That Once Aided Survival in Arctic Found to Have Negative Impact on Health Today -- Science Daily (13 October 2014)
  
  
• PSYCH 123: The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food -- Open Yale Courses
  
  
• Lieberman, Daniel. The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease. Pantheon, 2013.
  
  
• The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food -- MICHAEL MOSS, The New York Times (20 February 2013)
  
  
• Moss, Michael. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. Random House, 2013.
  
  
• Monkeys' Plant Food Makes Them Mean & Horny -- LiveScience (30 November 2012)
  
  
• Homeopathy Takes Some Hits -- Discovery News (21 August 2012)
  
  
• Science on the Silk Road: Taste for Adventure -- Nature (15 August 2012)
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• Other Primates Share Human Taste for Plant Oestrogens -- New Scientist (15 April 2012)
  
  
• Should You Pre-Chew Your Baby's Food? -- LiveScience (02 April 2012)
  
  
• Study: Fatty foods bad for sperm -- MPRNEWS (14 March 2012)

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• American Association of Physical Anthropologists
  
  
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• British Association of Biological Anthropologists and Osteoarchaeologists
  
  
• Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology
  
  
• The Center for Genomic Gastronomy ["The Center for Genomic Gastronomy Is an artist-led think tank that examines the biotechnologies and biodiversity of human food systems"]
  
  
• Coe, Sophie D. America's First Cuisines. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994.
  
  
• Counihan, Carole. The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power. New York: Routledge, 1999.
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• The Digestive System -- Colorado State University
  
  
• Earliest Known American Settlers Harvested Seaweed -- National Geographic News (08 May 2008)
  
  
• Etkin, Nina L. Foods of Association: Biocultural Perspectives on Foods and Beverages that Mediate Sociability. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2009.
  
  
• Evolutionary Relationships Hold, Even in Our Guts -- Science (16 November 2010)
  
  
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• Gosden, Chris and Jon G. Hather. The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change. Routledge, 1999.
  
  
• Halstead, Paul and John C. Barrett. Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2005.
  
  
• The Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology-The Free Online Journal
  
  
• Is Rice Domestication to Blame for Red-Faced Asians? -- Science (20 January 2010)
  
  
• Jawbones are 'shaped by diet', a study finds -- BBC News (23 November 2011)
  
  
• Jaw shape reflects diet -- Past Horizons (23 November 2011)
  
  
• Jerome, Norge W., Randy F. Kandel, and Gretel H. Pelto. Nutritional Anthropology: Contemporary Approaches to Diet and Culture. Pleasantville, NY: Redgrave, 1980.
  
  
• Johannessen, Sissel, and Christine Ann Hastorf. Corn and Culture in the Prehistoric New World. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.
  
  
• Journal of Anthropological Sciences
  
  
• Lelwica, Michelle Mary. Starving For Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women. Oxford University Press, 2002.
  
  
• Liking Sweets Makes Sense For Kids -- ScienceDaily (20 March 2009)
  
  
• McQuaid, John. Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat. NY: Scribner, 2015.
  
  
• Meat-eating link to early periods -- BBC News (11 June 2010)
  
  
• Nabhan, Gary Paul. Food, Genes, and Culture: Eating Right for Your Origins. Island Press, 2013.
  
  
• Nabhan, Gary Paul. Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004.
  
  
• National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse -- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  
  
• Nestle, Marion, and Malden Nesheim. Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics. University of California Press, 2012.
  
  
• Pelto, Gretel H., Alan Goodman, and Darna Dufour (Eds.). Nutritional Anthropology: Biocultural Perspectives on Food and Nutrition. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 2000.
  
  
• The Psychology, Biology and Politics of Food -- Kelly Brownell, Open Yale Courses, Fall 2008.
  
  
• Zaraska, Marta. Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat. NY: Basic Books, 2016.
  

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