Acercamiento antropológico de la alimentación y salud en México

This paper presents an overview of food in Mexico, particularly in Mexico City, from an anthropological perspective considering sociocultural and economic aspects. It begins with a brief review of anthropological studies on food in Mexico to recognize both the methodological contributions as the major problems of study. Subsequently, are presented some facts of contextualization of the country and city that frame the distinctive food and nutritional data. The following sections propose some explanations of some of the phenomena of contemporary food, where obesity is the main feature in a socie...

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