The Juxtaposition of Comiendo Bien and Nutrition The State of Healthy Eating for Latina Immigrants in San Francisco

• Published in: Food, culture, & society Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 131 - 149
• Main Author: Martinez, Airin D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Conflict; Discourse; globalization; Health; Hispanic Americans; Immigrants; Latin American Cultural Groups; Latino immigrants; lay knowledge; negotiation; Nutrition; San Francisco, California; Satisfaction; situational analysis; nutrition; situational analysis; lay knowledge; Latino immigrants; globalization; negotiation

There warrants a discussion regarding how nutrition discourses transform lay health practices. Here, I discuss how the adaptation of nutrition discourses among Latina immigrants in San Francisco produces a negotiation between a discourse of nourishment and a discourse of satisfaction in their practi...