Trade, food, diet, and health : perspectives and policy options

Examines how the global food trade regime - the trade of food across national borders, international and regional trade agreements, the process of trade and investment liberalization and the growth of transnational food corporations - affects what people eat and, by implication, their health.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawkes, Corinna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Publication , 2010
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245 0 0 |a Trade, food, diet, and health :   |b perspectives and policy options   |c edited by Corinna Hawkes ... [et al.] 
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300 |a xv, 318 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Trade, health, and dietary change -- 2. An overview of global food trade -- 3. The influence of trade liberalisation on global dietary change : the case of vegetable oils, meat, and highly-processed foods -- 4. Global trade of fruits and vegetables and the role of consumer demand -- 5. International trade, food and diet costs, and the global obesity epidemic -- 6. Trade, transnational corporations, and food consumption : a global value chain approach -- 7. Supermarkets, food, and diet in developing countries : emerging evidence, issues, and hypotheses -- 8. The European Union's common agricultural policy and the European diet : is there a link? -- 9. The effect of trade and trade policy on diet and health in the Pacific Islands -- 10. Food imports and dietary change : a perspective from Thailand -- 11. Tackling childhood obesity in an era of trade liberalization -- 12. National food regulations and the WTO agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures : implications for trade-related measures to promote healthy diets -- 13. The potential of the Codex Alimentarius to promote healthy diets worldwide -- 14. 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 -- 15. 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 
520 |a Examines how the global food trade regime - the trade of food across national borders, international and regional trade agreements, the process of trade and investment liberalization and the growth of transnational food corporations - affects what people eat and, by implication, their health. 
650 0 |a Food industry and trade 
650 0 |a Food supply 
650 0 |a Nutrition policy 
700 1 |a Hawkes, Corinna ,   |e author 
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