Sugar and modernity in Latin America : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho [and three others] ; layout and typeset, Ryevad Grafisk, Anette Ryevad ; cover design, Jørgen Sparre.
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TextPublisher: [Åarhus, Denmark] : Aarhus University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (174 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 8771243623
- 9788771243628
- Lateinamerika
- Sugars -- Physiological effect -- Latin America
- Sugars in human nutrition -- Latin America
- Sugars -- Metabolism -- Disorders
- Sugars -- Health aspects
- Public health -- Latin America
- Diabetes -- Latin America
- Obesity -- Latin America
- Manners and customs
- Type 2 diabetes
- Latin America
- Dietary Sucrose -- adverse effects
- Cultural Characteristics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Sociological Factors
- Latin America
- Sucres dans l'alimentation humaine -- Amérique latine
- Sucres -- Troubles du métabolisme
- Santé publique -- Amérique latine
- Obésité -- Amérique latine
- Mœurs et coutumes
- Diabète non insulinodépendant
- Amérique latine
- Sugars -- Physiological effect
- Sugars in human nutrition
- Public health
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Latin America
- Moderne
- Zuckerverbrauch
- Gesundheit
- 547.3 23
- QP702.S85 .S843 2014eb
- 2014 L-421
- WA 712
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
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The problem of health. Is there a correlation between high sugar consumption and the increase in health problems in Latin America? -- The preference for sweetness. Sweetness preference, sugar intake, and obesity in Latin America -- Tasting time : the meanning of sugar in Cuba -- The glocalized practices. Est̀s aqu̕ para ser feliz : the globalization of sweetened soft drinks in Mexico -- The sweet tooth of mother earth : sugar's symbolic ways among the Highland Indians in Bolivia -- Production methods and quality of sugar cane in Latin America -- The art of slavery. The perceptions of modernity in Još Lins do Rego's sugar cane cycle, or "not all sugar is sweet" -- "Sin az︢car no hay pa̕s" : transcultural images of sugar and modernity in the poetry of Nicol̀s Guilľn.
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