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Globalization and children’s diets: the case of Maya of Mexico and Central America
journal contribution
posted on 2014-04-02, 10:41 authored by Barry Bogin, Hugo Azcorra, Hannah J. Wilson, Adriana Vazquez-Vazquez, Maria Avila-Escalante, Maria T. Castillo-Burguette, Maria Ines Varela Silva, Federico DickinsonGlobalization is, in part, an economic force to bring about a closer integration of national economies. Globalization is also a biological, social and ideological process of change. Globalization results in powerful multinational corporations imposing their products on new markets. Food globalization brings about nutritional transitions, the most common being a shift from a locally-grown diet with minimally refined foods, to the modern diet of highly processed foods, high in saturated fat, animal products and sugar, and low in fiber. This paper will examine the influences of food globalization using the Maya of Mexico as a case study. The Maya people of Mexico are a poignant case. Maya health and culture has deteriorated as a result, with highly processed foods affecting physical growth and health of Maya children and their families. The case of the Maya is not isolated and we must come to terms with food globalization if we are to translate research into better child health and well-being.
Funding
Wenner-Gren Foundation (#IRCG–93) and Santander Universities
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Citation
BOGIN, B. ... et al., 2014. Globalization and children’s diets: the case of Maya of Mexico and Central America. Anthropological Review, 77 (1), pp. 11 - 32.Publisher
© Polish Anthropological SocietyVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2014Notes
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).eISSN
2083-4594Publisher version
Language
- en