Everyday eating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden : a comparative study of meal patterns, 1997-2012 / edited by Jukka Gronow and Lotte Holm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction Eating in Modern Everyday Life; Global or national food cultures?; Rhythm of daily life: Changes in time and place of eating?; Meals in social life: Disappearance of family meals?; Manners of eating: De-structuring or de-traditionalizing?; Meals: Disruption of structure?; Researching de-traditionalization and disruption of eating patterns; Our study design; Our questionnaires; Four Nordic populations; The contents of the book; 2 The Food We Eat; Breakfast

LunchDinner; In-betweens; Discussion; Conclusion; 3 The Daily Rhythm of Eating; Our research questions and data considerations; The research method; National peak times and regularities of eating; Stability or change 1997-2012; Within-country differences in daily eating rhythms; Is de-synchronization associated with other dimensions of destructuration?; Unsynchronized eating -- is there an increase over time, and can the pattern be explained by socio- structural factors?; Timing of eating with working life; Discussion; 4 The Social Context and Conduct of Eating; Theoretical background

Aim of the analysisAnalysis and data; Changes between 1997 and 2012 in three Nordic countries; Who did what?; The social context and conduct of specific meal types, 2012; Discussion; 5 Family Meals on the Decline?; The significance of family meals; Family meals in decline?; Social organization of family meals; Aim of analysis; Have family meals become more or less frequent from 1997 to 2012?; Discussion; 6 The Complexity of Meals; The eating system in the Nordic context; Lunch and dinner complexity; Context and individual variables; The analysis; Meal setting in the four Nordic countries

Lunch sociability and complexityDinner sociability and complexity; Discussion; 7 Eating Out, Having Guests; A short description of the method; Results; Summary: A declining importance from socio-economic factors?; 8 Cooking and Gender; Cooking as gendered work; Aims of the analysis; Data and methods -- design of study; Results; Discussion and conclusion; 9 Food Insecurity; Food insecurity; Poverty: The seminal cause of food insecurity; Access to food in the Nordic welfare states; Research questions; Methods; Food security, income poverty and risk groups; More than life-course events

Concluding remarks10 Eating Practices and Dietary Health; Data analysis; Results; Discussion; 11 Eating Sustainably; Variables and methods; Analysis; Sustainable food consumption practices; Differences between social groups; Discussion; Conclusion; 12 Conclusions: Continuity and Change in Everyday Eating; The theoretical interest; De-traditionalization, and dissolution?; Shared trends and differences; Norms, conventions and concerns; Methodological considerations; Perspectives; Appendix; Field period and sample size; Data collection mode and quota sampling procedure

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