Claire M Cassidy
Biographic Data
| ID | 456967 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire M Cassidy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cassidy |
| SIGNATURE | CASSIDY C M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Shamanic Practices in Modern Chinese Medicine in the United States
Social Aspects of Obesity
Healing Traditions, Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions . Bonnie Blair O'Connor
Public Beliefs about the Amount of Fiber in Foods
Despite the current interest in fiber in foods and dietary recommendations to increase fiber consumption, relatively little attention has been paid to public beliefs about fiber in foods. We used a mail questionnaire in a sample of 478 adults to assess public beliefs about the amount of fiber in 40 different foods and compared these beliefs with laboratory data about fiber content. Almost all respondents had heard of both fiber and roughage, and …
Completing Distinctions
CompUtmg Distinctions. Douglas G. Flemons. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1991. 164 p. $15 (cloth
Council for Nutritional Anthropology
Public perceptions of fiber in foods
The nutritional value of consuming fiber has received much recent attention, yet little is known about how the public perceives fiber in foods. We asked a sample of 517 adults to name foods which are high and low in fiber and to explain what made a food a high‐fiber food. Nine in ten could name at least one high‐fiber food, and three in four could name at least one low‐fiber food. The most frequently named high‐fiber foods were grains, followed b…
Council on Nutritional Anthroplolgy
Councilon Nutritional Anthropology
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
The good body
An important cultural question is, "What is a 'good'--desirable, beautiful, impressive--body?" The answers are legion; here I examine why bigger bodies represent survival skill, and how this power symbolism is embodied by behaviors that guide larger persons toward the top of the social hierarchy. bigness is a complex concept comprising tallness, boniness, muscularity and fattiness. Data show that most people worldwide want to be big--both tall an…
The King Site
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
Selected References on Professionalized Heterodox Health Systems in English-speaking Countries
Meeting on Herbalism and Folk Healing
Probable malignancy in a Sadlermiut Eskimo mandible
The mandible of a Sadlermiut Eskimo woman, age at death 28 to 30 years, displays numerous well‐formed foramina concentrated bilaterally around the mental foramina. Differential diagnosis identifies this lesion with highest probability as a metastatic cancerous lesion; of less likelihood are sarcoma, hyperparathyroidism, hemangioma, and osteomyelitis. The specimen deserves attention because identification of malignancy in paleopathological materia…
The good body
An important cultural question is, "What is a 'good'--desirable, beautiful, impressive--body?" The answers are legion; here I examine why bigger bodies represent survival skill, and how this power symbolism is embodied by behaviors that guide larger persons toward the top of the social hierarchy. bigness is a complex concept comprising tallness, boniness, muscularity and fattiness. Data show that most people worldwide want to be big--both tall an…
Public Beliefs about the Amount of Fiber in Foods
Despite the current interest in fiber in foods and dietary recommendations to increase fiber consumption, relatively little attention has been paid to public beliefs about fiber in foods. We used a mail questionnaire in a sample of 478 adults to assess public beliefs about the amount of fiber in 40 different foods and compared these beliefs with laboratory data about fiber content. Almost all respondents had heard of both fiber and roughage, and …
Social Aspects of Obesity
Probable malignancy in a Sadlermiut Eskimo mandible
The mandible of a Sadlermiut Eskimo woman, age at death 28 to 30 years, displays numerous well‐formed foramina concentrated bilaterally around the mental foramina. Differential diagnosis identifies this lesion with highest probability as a metastatic cancerous lesion; of less likelihood are sarcoma, hyperparathyroidism, hemangioma, and osteomyelitis. The specimen deserves attention because identification of malignancy in paleopathological materia…
Completing Distinctions
CompUtmg Distinctions. Douglas G. Flemons. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1991. 164 p. $15 (cloth
Selected References on Professionalized Heterodox Health Systems in English-speaking Countries
Probable malignancy in a Sadlermiut Eskimo mandible
The mandible of a Sadlermiut Eskimo woman, age at death 28 to 30 years, displays numerous well‐formed foramina concentrated bilaterally around the mental foramina. Differential diagnosis identifies this lesion with highest probability as a metastatic cancerous lesion; of less likelihood are sarcoma, hyperparathyroidism, hemangioma, and osteomyelitis. The specimen deserves attention because identification of malignancy in paleopathological materia…
Meeting on Herbalism and Folk Healing
Selected References on Professionalized Heterodox Health Systems in English-speaking Countries
The King Site
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
Public perceptions of fiber in foods
The nutritional value of consuming fiber has received much recent attention, yet little is known about how the public perceives fiber in foods. We asked a sample of 517 adults to name foods which are high and low in fiber and to explain what made a food a high‐fiber food. Nine in ten could name at least one high‐fiber food, and three in four could name at least one low‐fiber food. The most frequently named high‐fiber foods were grains, followed b…
Council on Nutritional Anthroplolgy
Councilon Nutritional Anthropology
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
The good body
An important cultural question is, "What is a 'good'--desirable, beautiful, impressive--body?" The answers are legion; here I examine why bigger bodies represent survival skill, and how this power symbolism is embodied by behaviors that guide larger persons toward the top of the social hierarchy. bigness is a complex concept comprising tallness, boniness, muscularity and fattiness. Data show that most people worldwide want to be big--both tall an…
Council for Nutritional Anthropology
Public Beliefs about the Amount of Fiber in Foods
Despite the current interest in fiber in foods and dietary recommendations to increase fiber consumption, relatively little attention has been paid to public beliefs about fiber in foods. We used a mail questionnaire in a sample of 478 adults to assess public beliefs about the amount of fiber in 40 different foods and compared these beliefs with laboratory data about fiber content. Almost all respondents had heard of both fiber and roughage, and …
Completing Distinctions
CompUtmg Distinctions. Douglas G. Flemons. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1991. 164 p. $15 (cloth
Healing Traditions, Alternative Medicine and the Health Professions . Bonnie Blair O'Connor
Social Aspects of Obesity
Shamanic Practices in Modern Chinese Medicine in the United States
Sociology (10 works) · Citation (8 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Library science (8 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works)