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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 healt. The Editors have assembled a leading group of scientists in teh 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 patersin in countries of transition.
- 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
"...well written and informative...provides interesting information on nutrition with a global perspective in a readable and highly understandable presentation"
-E STREAMS (June 2003)
"It is intellectually honest to the core...should be read by human biologists, by epidemiologists, and policy and program community."
—Noel Soloman, Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment (CESSIAM), Guatemala (2002)
"...A multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary book written by true leaders in their respective fields."
—Ricardo Uauy, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile (2002)