Popular discourse on nutrition, health and indulgence in Flanders, 1945–1960

Ever since Belgian scientists started to investigate the working classes' diet at the beginning of the twentieth century, popular media has shown traces of researchers' scientific findings in one way or another. This article investigates whether or not nutritional knowledge was translated into comprehensible food practices on a household level in postwar Flanders. The culinary pages of De Boerin/Bij de Haard, a widespread monthly magazine...