Keywords
social and economic inequalities
food safety
food social gap
How to Cite
Accepted 2021-05-31
Published 2021-04-30
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to present a picture of the evolution of food consumption in Italy, attempting to highlight the socio-economic factors that underlie the structural change in consumption and lifestyle of families. The main results, based on a survey conducted in 2021, show how the hypotheses according to which disadvantaged socio-economic and cultural conditions are linked, on the one hand, to more risky consumption habits and, on the other, to a more limited propensity to attribute relevance to choice criteria related to food safety or to environmental and political dimensions, do not seem to find support.
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