| Edition |
2nd ed |
| Descript |
375p., 235 x 159mm, Illustrations, paperback |
| Note |
This edition incorporates a description of the state of world food supply and demand, as well as an assessment for the future. Millions of people still go hungry when there is enough food to feed them, this text looks at why and what can be done about it. |
| Contents |
Part 1 Malnutrition - What Are the Facts?: Malnutrition and Undernutrition; Measuring Nutrition; Nutrients - More Than Just Calories; Undernutrition - Who, Where, When?. Part 2 Causes of Undernutrition: The Concept of Food Security; Purchasing Power - Income and the Price of Food; Undernutrition and the Distribution of Income, Wealth and Education; It Is Not Food vs. Population; Demographic Factors Influencing Demand for Food; Technology, the Environment and the Food Supply; Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition. Part 3 Policy Approaches to Undernutrition: Philosophical Approaches; Policies Aimed at Health-Related Causes of Undernutrition; Policies Aimed at Demographic Causes of Undernutrition; Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequalities and Raising the Income of the Poor; Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food Through Subsidized Consumption; Policies Aimed at Lowering the Price of Food by Increasing the Supply of Food; Policy Concepts and Policymaking; World Food Supply and Demand for the Next Half Century - Some Alternative Scenarios. |
| Subject |
FOOD SUPPLY
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NUTRITION POLICY
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| Alt Author |
LEATHERS HOWARD D.
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| ISBN |
1555877036 |
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