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Chapter 4 deals more directly with a socio-cultural trend that is repeatedly implicated in rising levels of obesity, namely the rise of convenience foods and the production and marketing of industrial foods. In it we offer as a case study, the dessert, which was a fundamental part of the family meal, and we examine the social, economic and technological changes that have contributed to its disappearance from the family menu. Now a plethora of mass produced convenience foods is available and affordable, including after-meal confections. Increasingly frequently, Baby Boomer and Gen Y Australians eat commercially produced sweet and savoury food products at home and in the form of takeaway, and at restaurants and cafés.
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Banwell, C., Broom, D., Davies, A., Dixon, J. (2012). How Convenience Is Shaping Australian Diets: The Disappearing Dessert. In: Weight of Modernity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8957-1_4
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