Food, Health, and Society
examines the effects of economic and cultural factors on diet, health and subsistence in modern and prehistoric contexts. Our studies of health range broadly from nutritional anthropology and social construction of health and illness to evolutionary medicine.
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Shuar Federation doctors collect health information on Shuar children. Photo: Pryor 2005
Cover photo from the American Journal of Human Biology: Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Leonard WR. 2007. Adaptive dimensions of health research among indigenous Siberians. Am J Hum Biol 19: 165-180 |
Research, Projects, and Organizations
Acculturation and psychosocial stress among Latino immigrants in Oregon
Communities and Schools Together: A community-Based Participatory Reserch project to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Development of biomarkers for assessing health and physiology in population-based research
Gender, culture, economic transformation, and food habits in Thailand
Health Consequences of Economic Development Among Indigenous Siberians
Herring Synthesis: Documenting and Modeling Herring Spawning Areas and Human and Environmental Impacts over Time in the Southeast Gulf of Alaska
Pre-Clovis Excrement From Paisley Cave
Shuar Health and Life History Project
The Life of a Strawberry
Vitamin B and cognitive ability in elderly Hispanics
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Faculty |
Courses Taught |
Geraldine Moreno |
Anth 174 Anthropology of Food and Health
Anth 4/569 Perspectives on Health and Illness
Anth 4/560 Nutritional Anthropology |
| Josh Snodgrass |
Anth 174 Anthropology of Food and Health
Anth 369 Human Growth and Development |
| Larry Sugiyama |
Anth 4/534 Native South Americans
Anth 4/582 Human Behavioral Ecology
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| Terry O’Nell |
Anth 4/520 Culture Illness and Healing |
| Diane Baxter |
Anth 4/520 Culture Illness and Healing |
| Gyoung-Ah Lee |
Anth 4/510 Plants and People
Anth 399 Archaeology of East Asia
Anth 399 Food Origins in Prehistory |
| Madonna Moss |
Anth 4/571 Zooarchaeology |
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