From Famine to Fast Food Nutrition, Diet, and Concepts of Health around the World

Synopsis

The foods eaten by a nation's population play a key role in shaping the health of that society. This book presents country-specific information on how diet, food security, and concepts of health critically impact the well-being of the world's population.A country's food culture and eating habits directly impact the health and well-being of its citizens. Economic factors contribute to problems such as obesity and malnourishment. This book examines how diet affects health in countries around the world, discussing how the availability of food and the types of foods eaten influence numerous health factors and are tied to the prevalence of "lifestyle" diseases. Readers will discover the importance of diet and food culture in determining human health as well as make connections and notice larger trends within multicultural, international contexts.An ideal aid for high school and college students in completing research and writing assignments, this book supplies detailed diet- and health-related information about most major countries and regions in a single source. Each country profile will also include a convenient fact box with statistical information such as life expectancy, average caloric intake, and other health indicators.

Book details

Author:

Ken Albala, Julia Abramson, M. Shahrim Al-Karim, E. N. Anderson, Laura P. Appell-Warren, Heather Arndt-Anderson, Michael Ashkenazi, Babette Audant, Gabriela Villagran Backman, Carolyn Bánfalvi, Peter Barrett, Cynthia D. Bertelsen, Megan K. Blake, Andrea Broomfield, Cynthia Clampitt, Neil L. Coletta, Paul Crask, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer, Anita Verna, Liza Debevec, Jonathan Deutsch, Deborah Duchon, Nathalie Dupree, Pamela Elder, Rachel Finn, Richard Foss, Nancy G. Freeman, Ramin Ganeshram, Hanna Garth, Mary Gee, Che Ann Abdul Ghani, Maja Godina-Golija, Annie Goldberg, Darra Goldstein, Keiko Goto, Carla Guerrón Montero, Mary Gunderson, Liora Gvion, Cherie Y. Hamilton, Jessica B. Harris, Melanie Haupt, Ursula Heinzelmann, Jennifer Hostetter, Kelila Jaffe, Zilkia Janer, Brelyn Johnson, Kate Johnston, Desiree Koh, Bruce Kraig, R. J. Krajewski, Erin Laverty, Robert A. Leonard, Jane Levi, Yrsa Lindqvist, William G. Lockwood, Yvonne R. Lockwood, Janet Long-Solís, Kristina Lupp, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Glenn R. Mack, Andrea Macrae, Giorgos Maltezakis, Bertie Mandelblatt, Marty Martindale, Laura Mason, Anton Masterovoy, Anne Engammare Mcbride, Michael R. Mcdonald, Naomi M. Mcpherson, Katrina Meynink, Barbara J. Michael, Diana Mincyte, Rebecca Moore, Nawal Nasrallah, Henry Notaker, Kelly O’ Leary, Fabio Parasecoli, Susan Ji-Young Park, Rosemary Parkinson, Charles Perry, Irina Petrosian, Suzanne Piscopo, Theresa Preston-Werner, Meg Ragland, Carol Selva Rajah, Birgit Ricquier, Amy Riolo, Owen Roberts, Fiona Ross, Signe Rousseau, Kathleen Ryan, Helen Saberi, Cari Sánchez, Peter Scholliers, Colleen Taylor, Roger Serunyigo, Dorette Snover, Celia Sorhaindo, Lyra Spang, Lois Stanford, Aliza Stark, Maria "Ging" Gutierrez Steinberg, Anita Stewart, Emily Stone, Asele Surina, Aylin Öney Tan, Nicole Tarulevicz, Karen Lau Taylor, Thy Tran, Leena Trivedi-Grenier, Karin Vaneker, Penny Van Esterik, Richard Wilk, Chelsie Yount, Marcia Zoladz

ISBN:

9798216087625

Related ISBNs:

9781610697439

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

7-17

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2023-06-03

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2014

Copyright by:

ABC-CLIO, LLC 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Health, Mind and Body, Medicine, Nonfiction, Reference, Social Studies