Nutrition transition : diet and disease in the developing world /
editors, Benjamin Cabellero and Barry M. Popkin.
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2002.
- xi, 261 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
- Food science and technology international series .
- Food science and technology international series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Economic and technological development and their relationships to body size and productivity / Food production / Can the challenges of poverty, sustainable consumption and good health governance be addressed in an era of globalization? / Demographic trends / The dynamics of the dietary transition in the developing world / Early nutrition conditions and later risk of disease / Obesity in the developing world / Diabetes / Cardiovascular diseases / The nutrition transition in China: a new stage of the Chinese diet / Trends in under- and overnutrition in Brazil / Policy implications / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin -- Robert W. Gogel and Lorens A. Helmchen -- Vaclav Smil -- Tim Lang -- Hania Zlotnik -- Barry M. Popkin -- Linda S. Adair -- Reynaldo Martorell -- Kerin O'Dea and Leonard S. Piers -- K. Srinath Reddy -- Shufa Du [and others] -- Carlos A. Monteiro, Wolney L. Conde, and Barry M. Popkin -- Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin. Part I. The global context -- Part II. Biological factors affecting the nutrition transition --
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 health. The editors have assembled a leading group of scientists in the 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 patterns 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.
0121536548 9780121536541
2002103917
101160503 DNLM
Nutritionally induced diseases--Developing countries.
Diet in disease--Developing countries.
Food habits--Developing countries.
Nutrition Disorders--complications.
Developing Countries.
Diet--trends.
Disease--etiology.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Maladies d'origine nutritionnelle--Pays en voie de developpement.
Regimes alimentaires--Pays en voie de developpement.
Habitudes alimentaires--Pays en voie de developpement.
Regime alimentaire--effets indesirables.
Maladie--etiologie.
Pays en developpement.
Diet in disease.
Food habits.
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Voeding.
Gezondheid.
Aufsatzsammlung
Ernahrungskrankheit
Gesundheit
Anderung
Nutricao.
Dietoterapia.
Maladies d'origine nutritionnelle--Pays en voie de developpement.
Ernahrung.
Developing countries.
Entwicklungslander
RA645.N87 / N8795 2002
616.3909724 / CAB
2002 N-371 QZ 105 / N9758 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Economic and technological development and their relationships to body size and productivity / Food production / Can the challenges of poverty, sustainable consumption and good health governance be addressed in an era of globalization? / Demographic trends / The dynamics of the dietary transition in the developing world / Early nutrition conditions and later risk of disease / Obesity in the developing world / Diabetes / Cardiovascular diseases / The nutrition transition in China: a new stage of the Chinese diet / Trends in under- and overnutrition in Brazil / Policy implications / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin -- Robert W. Gogel and Lorens A. Helmchen -- Vaclav Smil -- Tim Lang -- Hania Zlotnik -- Barry M. Popkin -- Linda S. Adair -- Reynaldo Martorell -- Kerin O'Dea and Leonard S. Piers -- K. Srinath Reddy -- Shufa Du [and others] -- Carlos A. Monteiro, Wolney L. Conde, and Barry M. Popkin -- Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin. Part I. The global context -- Part II. Biological factors affecting the nutrition transition --
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 health. The editors have assembled a leading group of scientists in the 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 patterns 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.
0121536548 9780121536541
2002103917
101160503 DNLM
Nutritionally induced diseases--Developing countries.
Diet in disease--Developing countries.
Food habits--Developing countries.
Nutrition Disorders--complications.
Developing Countries.
Diet--trends.
Disease--etiology.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Maladies d'origine nutritionnelle--Pays en voie de developpement.
Regimes alimentaires--Pays en voie de developpement.
Habitudes alimentaires--Pays en voie de developpement.
Regime alimentaire--effets indesirables.
Maladie--etiologie.
Pays en developpement.
Diet in disease.
Food habits.
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Voeding.
Gezondheid.
Aufsatzsammlung
Ernahrungskrankheit
Gesundheit
Anderung
Nutricao.
Dietoterapia.
Maladies d'origine nutritionnelle--Pays en voie de developpement.
Ernahrung.
Developing countries.
Entwicklungslander
RA645.N87 / N8795 2002
616.3909724 / CAB
2002 N-371 QZ 105 / N9758 2002