For adolescents with celiac disease (CD), a gluten-free diet (GFD) is crucial for health, but compliance problematic and noncompliance common even among those aware of the risks. To better understand their lives disease, Swedish CD were invited to take part in focus group discussions. Data analyzed recurrent stigma-related themes across groups. Adolescents described an awareness being different from others that was produced by meal appearance poor availability food. The GFD often required...

Investigates whether the recent emphasis on persuading employers to abandon ageist attitudes and appoint or promote merit, irrespective of applicant’s age, has been justified by comparing results 1992 Institute Personnel Management survey with those from 221 post‐experience management students a carried out in 1995. In this preliminary analysis data, major points similarity divergence are examined see if “new generation” managers thinking substantially different ways long‐standing labour...

Abstract The development of British radio broadcasting technology in the 1920s and 1930s and, equally importantly, progressively widespread purchase use sets established a new platform from which to engage influence population on number matters. Broadcasting Corporation's public service principles programmes inform, educate entertain gave rise various content experiments at time when there were very few precedents. One such innovation was cookery talk. This broadcast live, accomplished...

Increases in managerial redundancies have followed the wake of recession and fiercer competition. Although popular accounts warned a growing disaffection among managers, few studies examined effects abandoning their traditional job security. This article examines changes work attachments long‐service managers under threat redundancy. Over 12‐month period, interviews were conducted with 42 middle who, at beginning research, had been possible Initially, most experienced significant threats to...

Abstract While farmers' markets are a colourful addition to urban shopping, they periodic, relatively expensive and provide for very limited range of consumer requirements. In fact, the antithesis supermarket ubiquity, price sensitivity, wide product/service extended opening hours. So, despite their small role in total food retail sales, why growing presence what do say about needs that supermarkets not satisfy? This article reports findings questionnaire‐based survey 391 market customers...

Abstract Comparisons between younger and older women in the kitchen usually focus on historical argument that do not have domestic cooking skills of their mothers or grandmothers. At one level, this is convincing because there now demonstrably greater reliance ready meals processed foods, less home production from raw ingredients. Compared with immediate post‐Second World War years, so much time routinely spent kitchen, food preparation no longer a task central to lives many women. The...

The application of McDonald′s product/production principles to other restaurant chains, and totally different social enterprises has been the subject recent criticism. This “McDonaldization” is said betoken a world increased rationalization where large‐scale systems for mass production goods services obliterate small‐scale opposition give rise fears diminished choice in future. Previously it argued that advance McDonaldization far from total pessimistic prognosis at least premature....

Abstract In the UK, television cookery programmes engage attention and enthusiasm of large audiences. Celebrity chefs are household names whose books nearly always top best‐seller lists. Magazines newspapers routinely include meal recipes reports on food‐related issues. this sense, domestic preparation food has probably never attracted greater public interest. Paradoxically, much is also now said written about general loss practical cooking skills. The latter takes a special significance...

Abstract Canned food once represented an astonishingly innovative technology although it is now largely ignored in discourse. As with so much our lives, familiarity renders object invisible. To explore the changing social significance of canned food, as format developed from scientific curiosity to domestic ubiquity, this paper examines reports The Scotsman newspaper late 1870s 1930s. Although foods were slow break into mass market they little short revolutionary way brought new tastes...

Abstract: It is something of an understatement to speak the UK, and many similar societies, as being obsessed with mastery time. From hesitant beginnings in transformation production processes development mass transportation systems, need co‐ordinate activities time, accomplish tasks ever greater speed, has permeated virtually all aspects everyday life. Many goods services are sold on basis efficiency or explicitly terms how much time they can save us. The specific characteristic speed...

Modernist techniques and equipment (MTE) have enabled chefs to create otherwise impossible dishes achieve excellent levels of consistency precision. This research aimed map the diffusion these broader field hospitality impact they had on skills, identity, creativity chefs. An online survey 87 Edinburgh (UK) interviews with 11 informed enquiry. It was found that MTE been adopted by 64.4% restaurant kitchens, not only in fine dining but also casual restaurants public houses. Chefs' views can...

Abstract Everyday consumer transactions have the same potential for unexpected consequence whatever age of consumers involved. Young and old alike can find that products services fail to live up performance claims they are left with problems not easily resolved, or costs difficult recover. While overlooking heterogeneity – especially on basis older arguably distinguishable in terms social financial context which make decisions attempt redress problems. In 1988, attention was drawn need...

Abstract Food shopping – although often dismissed as dreary necessity has always served a range of latent functions. In the 1950s, food storage limitations and tight budgets gave rise to weekly daily patterns that also allowed shoppers meet certain social needs. Going shops, way customer service was organized, produced significant interactional opportunities which were valued by participants. Exchanging news with other customers may have reinforced but shopkeepers, knowledgeable assistants,...

Abstract For some people with profound hearing loss, cochlear implants offer a way back to patterns of communication that most us take for granted. Travel, shopping and work contexts are largely dependent on the ability recognize respond speech. This study examined implant user partner perspectives problems coping strategies. The aim was map experiences adults their partners living deafness; changes brought about by use. Information gathered means recorded joint interviews in semi‐structured...

Abstract For a considerable period of time, the UK has had largely inflexible relationship between seasons and availability many foods. Plants, with their constituent fruits, foliage roots, provide numerous examples seasonality in diet. In this, both plant seasonal meat/fish variability, gives cadence to year as well potential for problems glut famine. Historically, at one extreme, problem been preserve excesses avoid starvation when food supply is predictably problematic. As an adjunct,...

Today, little attention is paid to Ambrose Heath (1891-1969), although he was a prolific British food writer in the 1930s and during Second World War. Heath's remarkable output for national regional newspapers Britain many books wrote, co-authored, edited, contributed or translated provided considerable encouragement what termed "good food." In one sense, might be viewed simply as an intermediary between "authentic" gastronomic voices wider readership; however, his engagement with that...

School meals were developed because of charitable, and subsequently official, concern about the effects poverty on children’s capacity to benefit from education. Superficially, one might regard Edwardian interventions – in early part twentieth century as a historical footnote today’s issues. In fact, this period UK history was notable for attempts find solutions problems that are still relevant. Despite appearances contrary, child has not been eliminated today recent reintroduction...

From earlier studies, men diagnosed with celiac disease are known to be less troubled by their experiences of living the than women. Previous concentrating on have been mostly quantitative, and a bio-medical emphasis. The aim this study was explore social experience young screening-detected highlight daily life situations five years after diagnosis. Seven men, when they were 13 years-olds through large Swedish school-based screening-study, interviewed. semi-structured interviews analyzed...

This article examines the ameliorative options facing people with hearing loss in mid-nineteenth-century Britain. As reflected professional journals of day, medical understanding diseases and dysfunctions ear was limited, yet there vigorous assertion counter-claim as to cause treatment problems. At time, medicine largely unregulated quack practitioners were also able promote their nostrums services a credulous general public little chance genuine cure for loss. Using nineteenth-century...