Canned Food History: A Conversation with Anna Zeide Emily Contois, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine Recently, I had my students in Food in American Society and Culture try their hand at drafting dietary guidelines. While every group recommended consuming fruits and vegetables, one group specifically called...
Not a Day for Salads: The Football Food Rules of the Super Bowl Emily Contois, Nursing Clio Arts & Culture, Politics, Sociology Super Bowl LII will soon be upon us, along with its super-sized spread of snacks, an American meal as iconic as Thanksgiving. Matching debates over what to serve on the fourth Thursday in November, food rules...
Real Men & Real Food: The Cultural Politics of Male Weight Loss Emily Contois, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine This essay originally appeared on Nursing Clio. When Weight Watchers first launched an online program “customized just for guys” in 2007, one of their advertisements proclaimed, “Real men don’t...
