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Food policy : integrating health, environment and society

Title
Food policy : integrating health, environment and society / Tim Lang, David Barling, Martin Caraher.
Author
Lang, Tim.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Barling, David.
  • Caraher, Martin.
Description
xiv, 313 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Food policy has long been viewed as an essential part of the public health agenda, but this book identifies the importance of environmental damage and social inequalities to these issues. The authors offer a review of current and past food policy, proposing the need for a new ecological public health approach to food policy.
Subject
  • Nutrition policy > Great Britain
  • Public health > Great Britain
  • Nutrition policy
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Environment
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • food supply
  • food policies
  • nutrition policies
  • foods
  • environmental impact
  • human nutrition
  • health
  • great britain
  • Nutrition Policy > Great Britain
  • Environment > Great Britain
  • Socioeconomic Factors > Great Britain
  • Produits alimentaires
  • Politique nutritionnelle
  • Environnement
  • Aspects sociaux
  • Santé publique
  • Public health
  • United Kingdom
  • Royaume-Uni
  • Great Britain
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction and themes -- Defining food policy -- Public policy and governance -- Nutrition -- The supply chain -- The environment and ecosystems -- Behaviour and culture -- Inequality, poverty and social justice -- On what terms ecological public health?
ISBN
  • 9780198567882
  • 019856788X
LCCN
2009280118
OCLC
  • ocn277068111
  • 277068111
  • SCSB-1511286
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library