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Promoting Nutrition in Men’s Health

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Food preferences, dieting practices and healthy eating are all interlinked and can be considered as socially constructed and gendered phenomena. As this chapter will discuss, men and women are thought to have different approaches to nutrition – although sex differences are often overstated and changing gender ideals suggest that the relationship between gender and food is complex, dynamic and context-bound. In this chapter, we look closely at ‘masculinity’ (or ‘masculinities’) and its important influence on men’s health generally and on nutrition specifically. We look beyond medical and psychological perspectives to social science theory and research of relevance to men’s food-related activities and highlight concepts which could inform recommendations for improving men’s engagement with healthy eating.

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