| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations, color maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Food science and technology international series
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Food science and technology international series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nutritionally induced diseases -- Developing countries.
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Nutritionally induced diseases. |
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Developing countries. |
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Diet in disease.
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Diet in disease. |
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Food habits -- Developing countries.
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Food habits. |
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Nutrition Disorders -- complications. |
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Developing Countries. |
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Diet -- trends. |
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Disease -- etiology. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Caballero, Benjamin.
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Popkin, Barry M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nutrition transition. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2002 0121536548 9780121536541 (DLC) 2002103917 (OCoLC)50735370 |
| ISBN |
9780080492346 (electronic book) |
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0080492347 (electronic book) |
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9780121536541 |
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0121536548 |
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0121536548 |
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