| The Consuming Geographies of Food: Diet, Food Deserts and Obesity Subjects: Geography; Health and Social Care; Social Sciences; Tourism Hospitality and Events; Human Geography; Public Health Policy and Practice; Sociology & Social Policy; Hospitality; Tourism; Cultural Geography; Global Health; Catering; Tourism Geography; Social Policy; The consumption and distribution of food, as well as its production, has become a major public policy issue over the past few decades; what we eat is no longer merely a private matter but carries significant externalities for wider society.nbsp;nbsp;Its increasing significance withinnbsp;the public arena implies a dissonance regarding the boundaries of food; where do we draw the line between food as private and food as public?nbsp; What are the rights of society to impinge upon individual food consumption, and what conflicts will ensue when this boundary is disputed?nbsp;
nbsp; Hillary J. Shaw is a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Commerce and Managing Director of Shaw Food Solutions . His research interests include food security, sustainable development and food access. As well as leading a range of consultancy projects, he has been invited to speak at many international conferences and has published widely in the areas of food, health, diet and corporate social responsibility. |