Book Review from Greenville, North Carolina - The Daily Reflector
On August 28, Greenville's Daily Reflector printed an article on my book -- "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet." The book review was conducted by Erica Plouffe Lazure.
Here are a few comments about my book:
The reviewer states, "In his book, "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet," Eric J. Bailey examines social and cultural issues of food and obesity. "People want to make recipes exactly the same way it was years ago" Bailey said. "But you can use the same recipe your grandparents used and continue to keep that connection to them. You're honoring them by making the same dish but in a healthier way."
If you want to read the entire review (which I recommend), check it out at the following link:
Professor's Book Touts Food Choice
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Book Review from Chicago Sun-Times
Greetings Everyone,
Yesterday, I just learned that the Chicago Sun-Times book reviewer, Maureen Jenkins, published her review on my book, "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet."
She specifically says,
"In Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet, medical anthropologist and professor Eric J. Bailey makes the case that blacks can maintain their rich culinary culture while managing their diets and controlling the dysfunction that come from being overweight."
"In Bailey's "new cultural approach," he seeks to develop "interventions" based upon how African Americans perceive the whole health and weight issue - and how they can draw upon their own cultural resources to effect postive change. This last chapter feels like a self-help to me, with Bailey speaking directly to readers and imploring them to buy into his perspective. He doesn't offer calorie counts or exercise suggestions; he's counting on readers to seek out methods that work best for them."
If you would like to read the entire review (which I recommend), please go to the following link:
Food for Thought
http://www.suntimes.com/output/books/cst-books-blackfoods20.html
Please feel free to send me your review of my book.
Greetings Everyone,
Yesterday, I just learned that the Chicago Sun-Times book reviewer, Maureen Jenkins, published her review on my book, "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet."
She specifically says,
"In Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet, medical anthropologist and professor Eric J. Bailey makes the case that blacks can maintain their rich culinary culture while managing their diets and controlling the dysfunction that come from being overweight."
"In Bailey's "new cultural approach," he seeks to develop "interventions" based upon how African Americans perceive the whole health and weight issue - and how they can draw upon their own cultural resources to effect postive change. This last chapter feels like a self-help to me, with Bailey speaking directly to readers and imploring them to buy into his perspective. He doesn't offer calorie counts or exercise suggestions; he's counting on readers to seek out methods that work best for them."
If you would like to read the entire review (which I recommend), please go to the following link:
Food for Thought
http://www.suntimes.com/output/books/cst-books-blackfoods20.html
Please feel free to send me your review of my book.
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