ANT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bipolar Disorder, Mental Disorder, Hyperglycemia
12 Oct 2016
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Blacks and hispanics are more obese than whites and non-hispanics. The role of culture in shaping people"s conceptions of the relationship between food and health. National institute of health: 26. 2% of americans >/= 18 (ca. Severity is strongly related to comorbidity: ca. People"s (cid:272)on(cid:272)eptions a(cid:271)out how food intera(cid:272)ts with health are culturally defined. Hua assess the health value of foods based on: values intrinsic to the food, values extrinsic to the food. Refers to balance in body regarding fire (bile), water (flem), and air (take a guess. ) 3 portions: vata air, pitta fire, kapha water. Different groups decipher different body types as healthy: bigger bodies represent health and prosperity (in some places) High blood: excess blood migrating to one part of the body (not high blood pressure or high blood sugar, gotten by too much rich food, sweet food, or red foods (red wine, red meat, beats, etc. )
