Icelandic food culture

Cured shark being prepared, hung in a shack Photo by Laufey Steingrimsdottir Laufey Steingrímsdóttir is currently a professor of nutrition at the University of Iceland, Faculty for Food Science and Nutrition. Her research topics range from studies on vitamin D and calcium for the health of the elder...

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Published in:Anthropology of food
Main Author: Amilien, Virginie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: Isabelle Téchoueyres 2013
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4000/aof.7088
http://journals.openedition.org/aof/7088
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Summary:Cured shark being prepared, hung in a shack Photo by Laufey Steingrimsdottir Laufey Steingrímsdóttir is currently a professor of nutrition at the University of Iceland, Faculty for Food Science and Nutrition. Her research topics range from studies on vitamin D and calcium for the health of the elderly, to inequalities related to healthy food choices and food culture. As director of the Icelandic National Nutrition Council from 1993 to 2003, she was in charge of two national nutrition surveys.