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An Amicable Death: Impact of Food Culture on Obesity
An Amicable Death:
Impact of Food Culture on Obesity
Medical Anthropology
Erica Bryson
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Significance?
Introduction: Meadville by Numbers
Leading Cause of Preventable Death
Obesity causes detrimental conditions:
i.e. heart disease, stroke, and type II diabetes
~200,000 deaths per year
Obesity & Poverty
Link Between Obesity & Poverty
- Correlation between low socioeconomic status and higher rates of obesity (CDC, 2013).
- Factors related to the high rates of obesity, include:
- over-nutrition
- low levels of activity
- sleep deprivation
- age
- genetic history
- previous health conditions or medications
- mental health
- environment (NIH, 2012)
- USA Rate: 35% - continuously increases each year
- Children: 17% [aka over 12 million kids]
- Pennsylvania Rate: 30%
- Meadville: ~5000 adults are considered obese in the city alone (CDC, 2013)
- Crawford County consists of almost 17% of the population living below the poverty line (Census Bureau, 2012)
"Girls, just remember that all ‘old’ people were something once" –Male Volunteer at the Soup Kitchen
Research Focus
Discussion & Conclusion
Bibliography
Volunteering at Stone Church
Soup Kitchen
Focus: I will explore the Meadville community beliefs surrounding...
--nutrition and eating norms
--obesity factors here
--poverty
Methods:
1. Research statistical data
2.Participant-Observation during volunteer work
3. Interview with organization leader
Davydd J. Greenwood, & Levin, M. (Eds.). (2007). Introduction to Action Research. (2nd ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412984614
Dettwyler, Katherine A. Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 1994. Print.
"Facts." Overweight and Obesity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 27 Apr. 2012. Web. 21 Apr. 2014. <http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/facts.html>.
Pope, Catherine, Sue Ziebland, and Nicholas Mays. "Qualitative Research in Health Care: Analysing Qualitative Data." BMJ Journal 320.7227 (2000): 114-16. Print.
Quinlan, Marsha B. From the Bush: The Front Line of Health Care in a Caribbean Village. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004. Print.
1. Social Interactions
--reasons for attending Soup Kitchen lunch
--among volunteers
--volunteers and community members eating
2. Nutrition Choices (eating norms)
3. Obesity & Poverty
--leading factors
Wrap-Up Thoughts