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FOOD TABOOS. A food taboo is a prohibition against consuming certain foods. Concept of food . b iology g eography culture. Establish cultural identity . F ood taboos based on failure of foods to fit usual systems of classification. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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FOOD TABOOS
A food taboo is a prohibition against consuming certain foods
Concept of food
biology
geography
culture
Establish cultural identity
Food taboos based on failure of foods to fit usual systems of classification
Pets "humanized“:eating them an act of cannibalism
Temporary food avoidances: related to particular periods of the life cycle
Pregnancy
Birth
Lactation
Infancy
Initiation
Periods of illness or sickness
Different form of temporary food avoidances involves the rules of fasting
Food taboos under pressure because society changing
Nutrition and health education reduced temporary food avoidances
In periods of emergency, dietary rules including food avoidances can be temporarily ended
Food restrictions affect nutritional status of a community
food taboos
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