[Sca-cooks] Food and personality
Johnna Holloway
johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Thu Mar 6 05:17:35 PST 2008
This is in the news this am.
"After identifying his "food personality," working with a dietitian and
exercising for the first time in his life, he dropped 30 pounds and
lowered his blood pressure enough to scale back on medication."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-health_boomer_5mar05,1,5176636.story
or how about article from yesterday
"Doughnut choice reveals your personality"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=146165
or "Do You Prefer a Taco or a Burrito? The Mexican Food You Choose Can
Help You Find Love and Predict Your Personality"
from Feb. 7th
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080207005308&newsLang=en
Seriously a number of people have done work in the areas of food,
culture and personality.
Feast: Why Humans Share Food by Martin Jones
Food and Globalization: Consumption, Markets and Politics in the Modern
World is due out in July
Johnnae
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