Approaching family through the lens of food, this book provides a new perspective on the diversity of contemporary family life, challenging received ideas about the decline of the family meal, the individualization of food choice and the relationship between professional advice on healthy eating and the everyday practices of 'doing family'.

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MARGO BARKER is Lecturer in Nutritional Epidemiology in the School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK PAUL BISSELL is Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, UK MEGAN BLAKE is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK LINDSAY BLANK is Research Associate in Public Health at ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK REBECCA BROWN is Research Associate in the Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University, UK JOSEPH BURRIDGE is a Part-Time Teacher in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, a University Teacher in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Loughborough, and a Research Associate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sheffield, UK HEATHER CLARK is Research Associate in Public Health at ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK LUCY CRANE is a PhD student in the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK PENNY CURTIS is Senior Lecturer in Research in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK CAROLINE DRYDEN is Lecturer in Health Studies in ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK KATIE ELLIS is a PhD student in the Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK PAMELA FISHER is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK FIONA FORD is Research Dietician in Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK OSCAR FORERO is Research Associate at ESRC's Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University and a Consultant Tutor for The Centre for Development, Environment and Policy at SOAS-University of London, UK REBEKAH FOX is Research Associate in the Department of Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ROBERT FRASER is Reader in Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK ELIZABETH GOYDER is Reader in Public Health Medicine at ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK TRISH GREEN is an independent scholar KRISTIN HEFFERNAN is Lecturer in Social Work at the State University of New York at Brockport, USA PETER JACKSON is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK ALLISON JAMES is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth, UK MAXINE JOHNSON is Research Associate in Public Health at ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK JULIA KEENAN is Research Assistant at the Leeds Social Science Institute, University of Leeds, UK JODY MELLOR is Research Assistant in the School of Religious and Theological Studies at Cardiff University, UK ALAN METCALFE is Research Associate in the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK PAULA NICOLSON is Professor of Critical Social and Health Psychology in the Department of Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK SARAH OLIVE is a PhD student at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK BRIGITTA OSZ is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Szeged, Hungary JENNY OWEN is Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK GERALDINE SHIPTON is a psychoanalyst in private practice and an honorary Senior Research Fellow in ScHARR, University of Sheffield, UK GRAHAM SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Social Science in the Department of Health and Social Care, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK HELEN STAPLETON is Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK HIROKO TAKEDA is Lecturer in Japanese Studies in the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK PAUL WARD is Associate Professor of Public Health Research at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia

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Introduction; P.Jackson PART I: PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD Off to a Healthy Start: Food Support Benefits of the Low-income Woman in Pregnancy; F.Ford & R.Fraser (New) Family Formation and the Organisation of Food in Households: Who Does What and Why?; H.Stapleton & J.Keenan Pregnancy Police? Maternal Bodies, Surveillance and Food; R.Fox, P.Nicolson & K.Heffernan PART II: CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY LIFE 'She's got a really good attitude to healthy food Nannan's drilled it into her': Intergenerational Relations within Families; P.Curtis, A.James & K.Ellis Fathers, Food and Family Life; C.Dryden, M.Johnson, A.Metcalfe, J.Owen & G.Shipton 'I don't go in for all that scaremongering': Perceptions of and Strategies to Manage Food Safety Risk; L.Blank, P.Bissell, E.Goyder & H.Clark PART III: FAMILY MEALS Myths of the Family Meal: Re-reading Edwardian Life Histories; P.Jackson, S.Olive & G.Smith Food as a Medium for Emotional Management of the Family: Avoiding Complaint and Producing Love; J.Burridge & M.Barker The Governing of Family Meals in the UK and Japan; H.Takeda Eating in Time, Eating up Time; M.Blake, L.Crane & J.Mellor PART IV: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Making Healthy Families?; T.Green, J.Owen, P.Curtis, G.Smith, P.Ward & P.Fisher Food and Family in the Narratives of Homeless People; G.Smith, P.Nicolson & R.Brown Institutional Dining Rooms: Food Ideologies and the Making of a Person; O.Forero, K.Ellis, A.Metcalfe & R.Brown Conclusion