The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World (Food Science and Technology)
Caballero, Benjamin
This book deals with the dramatic changes in diet and lifestyle that are occurring in the developing world as a result of globalization, and their impact on human healt. The Editors have assembled a leading group of scientists in teh fields of economics, population sciences, international health, medicine, nutrition and food sciences, to address each of the key issues related to the changes in demographic trends, food production and marketing, and disease patterns in the developing world.
The Nutrition Transition provides essential information to understand the far-reaching effects that global economic, social and cultural trends are having on diet-related disease patersin in countries of transition.
Key Features
* Contains numerous illustrative figures and tables
* Two case studies included-on China and Brazil
* Foreword written by Nevin Scrimshaw, recipient of the World Food Prize
Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Industrial Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Demography, Allied Health & Medical -> Medical -> Public Health, Allied Health & Medical -> Medical -> Epidemiology, Allied Health & Medical -> Medical -> Nutrition, Biological Sciences & Nutrition -> Environmental Science & Ecology -> Environmental Science, Social Sciences -> Sociology -> Demography/Population, Trades & Technology -> Industrial Health & Safety -> Industrial Health & Safety
| Name in long format: | The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World (Food Science and Technology) |
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| ISBN-10: | 0121536548 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780121536541 |
| Book pages: | 276 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Academic Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 10.1 Inches, Length: 7.46 Inches, Weight: 1.8959754532 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches |
