The Intersection Of Food And Public Health: Current Policy Challenges And Solutions (routledge Series In Public Health)
by A. Bryce Hoflund /
2017 / English / PDF
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Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of
sources. Examples of this evolution include recognizing the
importance of food on health by public health and medical
professionals; changing consumer desires around the production
methods and components of their food; a greater focus on
injustices within the national food system; evolving knowledge of
how the food system impacts the environment; and, shifting
economic and technological realities that underpin where and how
food is produced, distributed and sold.
Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of
sources. Examples of this evolution include recognizing the
importance of food on health by public health and medical
professionals; changing consumer desires around the production
methods and components of their food; a greater focus on
injustices within the national food system; evolving knowledge of
how the food system impacts the environment; and, shifting
economic and technological realities that underpin where and how
food is produced, distributed and sold.
These shifting ideas about food exist in contrast to the
narrative of the highly functioning, industrialized, global food
system that emerged in the second half of the 20th century. This
edited volume fills a void by presenting a comprehensive and
engaging coverage of the key issues at the intersection of public
health, policy, and food.
These shifting ideas about food exist in contrast to the
narrative of the highly functioning, industrialized, global food
system that emerged in the second half of the 20th century. This
edited volume fills a void by presenting a comprehensive and
engaging coverage of the key issues at the intersection of public
health, policy, and food.The Intersection of Food and Public
Health
The Intersection of Food and Public
Health is comprised of research that examines current
problems in food studies and how various stakeholders are
attempting to address problems in unique ways.
is comprised of research that examines current
problems in food studies and how various stakeholders are
attempting to address problems in unique ways.
The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate
students in a variety of disciplines, including public
administration, public policy, public health, economics,
political science, nutrition, dietetics, and food studies.
The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate
students in a variety of disciplines, including public
administration, public policy, public health, economics,
political science, nutrition, dietetics, and food studies.