Trade, Food, Diet and Health [Elektronisk resurs] Perspectives and Policy Options.

• Trade, Food, Diet and Health : Perspectives and Policy Options; Contents; List of Editors and Contributing Authors; Acknowledgements; PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 1 Trade, Health and Dietary Change; 2 An Overview of Global Food Trade; PART 2: LINKS BETWEEN TRADE AND DIET; 3 The Influence of Trade Liberalisation and 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 Approach7 Links Between Supermarkets and Food Prices, Diet Diversity and Food Safety in Developing Countries; 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; PART 3: POLICY OPTIONS; 11 Tackling Childhood Obesity in an Era of Trade Liberalisation. 
• 12 National Food Regulations and the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Implications for Trade-Related Measures to Promote Healthy Diets13 The Potential of the Codex Alimentarius to Promote Healthy Diets Worldwide - the Canadian Experience of Implementation; 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 Deve. 
• 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 ObesityGlossary of Trade Terms; Index. 

• The global shift towards overweight and obese populations has led to a significant rise in diet-related chronic illness. This book examines the role global food trade has played in that shift, looking carefully at how 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. An international team of editors has brought together a prestigious group of contributors who present a critical analysis of the link 

Ämnesord

Food industry and trade. 

Food supply. 

Nutrition policy. 

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

TX359.T73 2010 (LCC)

338.19 (DDC)

Qda (kssb/8 (machine generated))