11/27/2018 Cultures are… Food sustaining societies and • Cultures are the bedrock of norms, cultures morals, beliefs, expectations, practises and behaviours – roles, rituals, routines • Cultures are often invisible, unless put John Coveney against another culture Global food, culture and health Flinders University South Australia Tari, Southern Highlands Societies are… Papau New Guinea • groupings of individuals which are 1979 united by a network of social relations, traditions and may have distinctive culture and institutions (Wpdia) • Vegan societies and the impending protein wars School food and health 3 examples programmes • School food and health programme • France • Food retail • Australia • Public trust in the food supply (Carol Anne Hartwick) 1 11/27/2018 Lunch at primary school School FRANCE lunch programme France Provided by local councils Lunch at Foundations and principles primary school France Australia AUSTRALIA • Food as taste • Food as health and flavour Provided by • Appreciation of parents • Obesity focus French food model • Changing the • Protecting the food culture food culture Food retail The French Connection The supermarket 2 11/27/2018 La Cagette, Montpellier, France La Cagette • Membership base • Co-operative framework Members have • Mixture of paid staff and direct involvement in volunteers current and • Consumer -> Prosumer future directions 3 11/27/2018 Food and public trust • Who is more likely to tell the truth during a food scandal? Beyond food! Truth telling - Australia Truth telling - International Observation (Intervention Implementation) 4 11/27/2018 Claude Fischler Edgar Morin Centre Paris Commensality and conviviality Exploring the intersections between food and health within a cultural context https://www.foodculturehealth.com/ E.A.T. E.A.T.* Everyone At the Table Everyone At the Table Promoting Social Eating Social eating environments and populations Promoting Social Eating • In the school • In the home • In the workplace • In the campus *Professor Mariana Chilton, Drexel University, USA • In the older (socially isolated) population From… To… al Desko al Fresco The power of shared meals: Social Eating Exploring the intersections between food and health within a cultural context https://www.foodculturehealth.com/ 5 11/27/2018 The Giessen Declaration (2005) Shaping our future – key messages The Giessen Declaration (2005) https://www.foodculturehealth.com/ (The New Nutrition Science) Biological, social and environmental dimensions Now is the time for the science of nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, to be given a broader definition… The biological dimension should be one of three dimensions of nutrition science. The other two dimensions are social and environmental. plus one more…cultural dimensions (JC) [email protected] 6.