Traditional and Changing Eating Habits of Turkish Cypriot Youths'

Food is our basic need for survival but it is also related to people’s social life ceremonies leisure activities and culture (Germov and Williams 2004). “Indeed when we eat we are not merely consuming nutrients we are also consuming gustatory (i.e. taste-related) experiences and in very real sense we are also ‘consuming’ meanings and symbols” (Beardsworth and Keil 1997: 51). In this book the answer of the question “How Turkish Cypriots’ historical economic and political conditions have an impact on changing food practices of youths in the light of socio-cultural and political transformation of food system and globalization” was asked and answered. You will also find general and specific information about different food regimes the relationship between globalization health food and Mcdonaldization process.