SOC GEN 134Food and Health in Global Perspective
Society and Genetics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study problematizes and adds depth to common-sense understandings of healthy and unhealthy consumption by examination of relationship between food and health, from critical and holistic perspective, that accounts for interplay of biology and culture within broader historical, societal, and global contexts. Topics include what is meant by health, especially in terms of diet; relationship between food practices and evolutionary biology, as well as particular environments of societies, cultural systems, histories, and their health implications; how major global foods have come to their dominance and consequences for health; and influences of food production, distribution, and preparation on health.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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