Trade, food, diet, and health : perspectives and policy options / edited by Corinna Hawkes ... [et al.].

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2010.

Format/Description:

Book
xv, 318 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subjects:

Nutrition policy.
Food industry and trade.
Food supply.

Medical subjects:

Food Supply.
Commerce.
Diet.
International Cooperation.
Nutrition Policy.
Global Health.

Contents:

Trade, health, and dietary change / Chantal Blouin and Corinna Hawkes
An overview of global food trade / Corinna Hawkes and Sophia Murphy
The influence of trade liberalisation on global dietary change : the case of vegetable oils, meat, and highly-processed foods / Corinna Hawkes
Global trade of fruits and vegetables and the role of consumer demand / Sophia Huang
International trade, food and diet costs, and the global obesity epidemic / Adam Drewnowski, Andrew S. Hanks, and Trenton G. Smith
Trade, transnational corporations, and food consumption : a global value chain approach / Gary Gereffi and Michelle Christian
Supermarkets, food, and diet in developing countries : emerging evidence, issues, and hypotheses / Thomas Reardon, Spencer Henson, and Ashok Gulati
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The European Union's common agricultural policy and the European diet : is there a link? / Josef Schmidhuber and Prakash Shetty
The effect of trade and trade policy on diet and health in the Pacific Islands / Anne Marie Thow and Wendy Snowdon
Food imports and dietary change : a perspective from Thailand / W. Philip T. James ... [et al.]
Tackling childhood obesity in an era of trade liberalization / Tim Lobstein
National food regulations and the WTO agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures : implications for trade-related measures to promote healthy diets / Tim Josling, David Orden, and Donna Roberts
The potential of the Codex Alimentarius to promote healthy diets worldwide / Mary L'Abbé, Janine Lewis, and Christina Zehaluk
Agricultural trade policy instruments to promote healthy diets in developing countries : an assessment of the opportunities within the framework of the WTO agreement on agriculture and the Doha development agenda / Vincent J. Atkins
The impact of international trade and investment rules on the ability of governments to implement interventions to address obesity : a case study from the European Charter on counteracting obesity / David P. Fidler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Hawkes, Corinna.

ISBN:

9781405199865 (alk. paper)
1405199865 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

432240662

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