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This book took shape over many years and in the context of a number of research projects. Between 2012 and 2015, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation funded our project on “Das essende Subjekt” (“The Eating Subject”). I am as indebted to that institution as I am to the Volkswagen Foundation for generously funding the project on “Ernährung, Gesundheit und soziale Ordnung in der Moderne: Deutschland und die USA” (“Nutrition, Health, and Social Order in Modernity: Germany and the United States”) from 2015 to 2019, as part of the funding stream Schlüsselthemen für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (Key Issues for Science and Society). Without the research professorship that formed part of this key issues project in the summer semester of 2018, I would not have been able to complete this book.

While working on the manuscript I received valuable feedback from numerous colleagues and friends. The North American History colloquium at the University of Erfurt and various seminars, from Charlottesville in Virginia to Dunedin in New Zealand, were a great source of inspiration. Through a William Evans Fellowship in the spring of 2017, the University of Otago enabled me to carry out research at its School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, which in turn allowed me to discuss the project intensively and advance it greatly. My thanks go to Doug Booth for his tremendous support, his wonderful hospitality, and his input at various workshops and over numerous coffees. My thanks also go to Stefanie Büttner, Katharina Dahl, Paula Dahl, Tristan Dohnt, Norbert Finzsch, Laura-Elena Keck, Tae-Jun Kim, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Nina Mackert, Irene Martschukat, Maren Möhring, Stefan Offermann, Tanja Robnik, Olaf Stieglitz, Heiko Stoff, Paula-Irene Villa and Simon Wendt, who read various parts and versions of the text and discussed them with me. Paula Dahl, Nina Mackert and Irene Martschukat even worked their way through the entire manuscript; Maria Matthes and Viviann Wilmot assisted me with the research and the final editing, and Alex Skinner created an elegant translation. Without your help this project would have gotten nowhere.

Last but not least, my special thanks to Alex, Andy, Bille, Dirk, Flo, Harry, Jörg, Matthias, Paddy, Reemt, Sebastian, Silke and all the other boys and girls from Team Altona for their company across thousands of kilometers in and around Hamburg and throughout Europe.