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
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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