"Finding the "Ideal Diet
Nutrition, Culture, and Dietary Practices in France and French Equatorial Africa, c. 1890s to 1920s1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5372999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Neill (0000-0002-3896-5348, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food and Foodways (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-9710 • E-ISSN: 1542-3484 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07409710802520268 |
| OpenAlex | W2002821208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This article explores the intersection of the emerging field of nutritional science with the dietary practices of colonizers in French Equatorial Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with an exploration of the increasing interest in diet and nutrition in France in this period, the article then turns to the specific nutritional advice that dietary experts provided to people destined for the tropics. Moving from advice to practice, the final section examines how colonists in French Equatorial Africa interpreted these dietary recommendations, and what other considerations affected their culinary choices. The article argues that for French scientists and consumers alike, both scientific and more popular ideas about what constituted healthy food were strongly informed not only by nutritional considerations, but also by assumptions about French culinary and cultural superiority
Biology · Environmental health · Ethnology · Food habits · Ideal (ethics) · Nutritional science · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Food Science · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Law · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |