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• catalog abstract "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.".
• catalog alternative "Diet and disease in the developing world".
• catalog contributor b12625321.
• catalog contributor b12625322.
• catalog coverage "Developing countries.".
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographic references and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin -- Part I. The global context -- Economic and technological development and their relationships to body size and productivity / Robert W. Gogel and Lorens A. Helmchen -- Food production / Vaclav Smil -- Can the challenges of poverty, sustainable consumption and good health governance be addressed in an era of globalization? / Tim Lang -- Demographic trends / Hania Zlotnik -- Part II. Biological factors affecting the nutrition transition -- The dynamics of the dietary transition in the developing world / Barry M. Popkin -- Early nutrition conditions and later risk of disease / Linda S. Adair -- Obesity in the developing world / Reynaldo Martorell -- Diabetes / Kerin O'Dea and Leonard S. Piers -- Cardiovascular diseases / K. Srinath Reddy -- The nutrition transition in China: a new stage of the Chinese diet / Shufa Du ... [et al.] -- Trends in under- and overnutrition in Brazil / Carlos A. Monteiro, Wolney L. Conde, and Barry M. Popkin -- Policy implications / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog extent "xi, 261 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0121536548".
• catalog isPartOf "Food science and technology international series".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press,".
• catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "2002 N-371".
• catalog subject "Developing Countries.".
• catalog subject "Diet in disease Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "Diet trends.".
• catalog subject "Disease etiology.".
• catalog subject "Food habits Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "Nutrition Disorders complications.".
• catalog subject "Nutritionally induced diseases Developing countries.".
• catalog subject "QZ 105 N9758 2002".
• catalog subject "RA645.N87 N8795 2002".
• catalog subject "Socioeconomic Factors.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin -- Part I. The global context -- Economic and technological development and their relationships to body size and productivity / Robert W. Gogel and Lorens A. Helmchen -- Food production / Vaclav Smil -- Can the challenges of poverty, sustainable consumption and good health governance be addressed in an era of globalization? / Tim Lang -- Demographic trends / Hania Zlotnik -- Part II. Biological factors affecting the nutrition transition -- The dynamics of the dietary transition in the developing world / Barry M. Popkin -- Early nutrition conditions and later risk of disease / Linda S. Adair -- Obesity in the developing world / Reynaldo Martorell -- Diabetes / Kerin O'Dea and Leonard S. Piers -- Cardiovascular diseases / K. Srinath Reddy -- The nutrition transition in China: a new stage of the Chinese diet / Shufa Du ... [et al.] -- Trends in under- and overnutrition in Brazil / Carlos A. Monteiro, Wolney L. Conde, and Barry M. Popkin -- Policy implications / Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin.".
• catalog title "Diet and disease in the developing world".
• catalog title "The nutrition transition : diet and disease in the developing world / editors, Benjamin Caballero and Barry M. Popkin.".
• catalog type "text".