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Health Education Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, 35-41, 1993
© 1993 Oxford University Press

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Women defining health: food, diet and body image

L.J. McKie, R. C.Wood1 and S. Gregory2

Queen Margaret College, Clerwood Terrace Edinburgh, EH12 8TS
1School of Food and Accommodation Management, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT
2Department of Sociology, University of Reading Whiteknights, Reading RG2 2AA, UK

This article explores the relationship between gender and food through analysing data obtained from a series of women-only discussion groups, the participants of which explored self definitions of the term ‘health’. What is distinct about this data, collected in the North East of England, is the clear link respondents perceive between food, diet and health. However, due to a number of factors such a knowledge may not result in dietary and ultimately bodily change. The many implications of such findings for health education are outlined in the discussion section of the paper.


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