The nutrition transition : diet and disease in the developing world / editors, Benjamin Cabellero and Barry M. Popkin.

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TextSeries: Food science and technology international seriesPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2002.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations, color mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780080492346
0080492347
9780121536541
0121536548

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nutrition transition.DDC classification:

616.3/9/091724 22

LOC classification:

RA645.N87 N8795 2002eb

NLM classification:

2002 N-371
QZ 105

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Contents:

Front Cover; The Nutrition Transition; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors List; Foreword; About the Editors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Part I: The Global Context; Chapter 2. Economic and technological development and their relationships to body size and productivity; Chapter 3. Food production; Chapter 4. Can the challenges of poverty, sustainable consumption and good health governance be addressed in an era of globalization?; Chapter 5. Demographic trends; Part II: Biological Factors Affecting the Nutrition Transition.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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