Food Insecurity, the Obesity Crisis, and Exploitation in the US Food System - Rilegato

Loo, Clement; Skipper, Robert A., Jr.

 
9781137537034: Food Insecurity, the Obesity Crisis, and Exploitation in the US Food System
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ISBN 10: 1137537035 ISBN 13: 9781137537034
Casa editrice: Palgrave Pivot, 2017

Sinossi

This book argues that the factors contributing to obesity as a product of food insecurity have risen largely from the exploitation of vulnerable communities. In the past, food insecurity has been understood as primarily a matter of famine, hunger, and undernutrition. Such an understanding is no longer accurate: food insecurity is now also associated with obesity, the rates of which have increased dramatically in the past thirty years, particularly among lower-income communities and communities of color. This is likely the result of changes in the food system, including the reduction of access to fresh produce. Governments and intergovernmental bodies are therefore justified in more vigorously and directly intervening in the food system to ensure that communities have access to foods that contribute to better public health outcomes.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Clement Loo is Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies at University of Minnesota, Morris, US. His research has focused on environmental philosophy, food justice, and environmental assessment. 


Robert A. Skipper, Jr., is Professor and Fellow of the Graduate School in Philosophy at University of Cincinnati, US. His research has focused on the origins and development of evolutionary genetics and particularly the founders of population genetics.  

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This book argues that the factors contributing to obesity as a product of food insecurity have risen largely from the exploitation of vulnerable communities. In the past, food insecurity has been understood as primarily a matter of famine, hunger, and undernutrition. Such an understanding is no longer accurate: food insecurity is now also associated with obesity, the rates of which have increased dramatically in the past thirty years, particularly among lower-income communities and communities of color. This is likely the result of changes in the food system, including the reduction of access to fresh produce. Governments and intergovernmental bodies are therefore justified in more vigorously and directly intervening in the food system to ensure that communities have access to foods that contribute to better public health outcomes.

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Editore
Palgrave Pivot
Data di pubblicazione
2017
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1137537035
ISBN 13 
9781137537034
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
93
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