From famine to fast food : nutrition, diet, and concepts of health around the world / Ken Albala, editor.
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TextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xix, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781610697439Subject(s): Diet -- Encyclopedias | Nutrition -- Encyclopedias | Food habits -- Encyclopedias | Nutritional Status | Cultural Characteristics | Diet | Global Health | Diet | Food habits | NutritionGenre/Form: Encyclopedias. | Encyclopedias.DDC classification: 363.803 LOC classification: RA645.N87 | F76 2014| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africa -- Middle East -- Americas -- Asia and Oceania -- Europe -- Other.
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.
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