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In this paper, I would like to present a comparative analysis of public discourses on healthy food in times of socialist regime and contemporary as opposed to grassroots attitudes and opinions expressed in sociological interviews in both times.

Paper long abstract

Health is currently one of the basic categories when talking about the proper food. However, what "healthy food" means to people is not always unambiguous and obvious. Different discourses, various systems of knowledge, long-established traditions and taken for granted practices contradict and compete with each other when inconsistent ideas and instructions about what makes food healthy are formulated.

In this paper, I would like to present a comparative analysis of public discourses on healthy food in times of socialist regime and contemporary as opposed to grassroots attitudes and opinions expressed in sociological interviews in both times. These narratives show how the ideas about healthy food reflect, on the one hand, different socio-demographic habituses and on the other hand, how they are reflexively used to shape new lifestyles, which often become a basis of identity formation.