TY - JOUR
T1 - Nordic Children's Foodscapes
T2 - Images and reflections
AU - Johansson, Barbro
AU - Mäkelä, Johanna
AU - Roos, Gun
AU - Hillén, Sandra
AU - Laub Hansen, Gitte
AU - Jensen, Tine Mark
AU - Huotilainen, Anna
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A study of the different food messages that children encounter and their own reflections of these messages was carried out among fifty-nine children from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.The children took photos of their "foodscapes," including school, home, shops, streets, cafés and restaurants.The themes were healthy and unhealthy food, everyday and festive food and their favorite food.The children were well aware of common understandings of healthy/unhealthy food.They labeled fruit, vegetables and fiber-rich foods as healthy and foods rich in sugar, fat and salt as unhealthy. Unhealthy eatables belonged to festive contexts, such as cozy evenings and birthday parties.The everyday food in school and at home was considered healthier, often consisting of well-composed meals including vegetables.The children's favorite foods belonged to both the healthy and unhealthy categories.The children also dealtwith the contradictions between everyday healthy food and unhealthy festive food, which involved adjusting to different social and spatial contexts.
AB - A study of the different food messages that children encounter and their own reflections of these messages was carried out among fifty-nine children from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.The children took photos of their "foodscapes," including school, home, shops, streets, cafés and restaurants.The themes were healthy and unhealthy food, everyday and festive food and their favorite food.The children were well aware of common understandings of healthy/unhealthy food.They labeled fruit, vegetables and fiber-rich foods as healthy and foods rich in sugar, fat and salt as unhealthy. Unhealthy eatables belonged to festive contexts, such as cozy evenings and birthday parties.The everyday food in school and at home was considered healthier, often consisting of well-composed meals including vegetables.The children's favorite foods belonged to both the healthy and unhealthy categories.The children also dealtwith the contradictions between everyday healthy food and unhealthy festive food, which involved adjusting to different social and spatial contexts.
KW - Nordic
KW - food
KW - children
KW - foodscape
KW - ethnography
U2 - 10.2752/155280109X368651
DO - 10.2752/155280109X368651
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1528-9796
VL - 12
SP - 25
EP - 51
JO - Food, Culture and Society
JF - Food, Culture and Society
IS - 1
ER -