Food insecurity, the obesity crisis, and exploitation in the US food system / Clement Loo, Robert A. Skipper, Jr.
Loo, Clement, author.; Skipper, Robert A., Jr., author.
2017
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Title Food insecurity, the obesity crisis, and exploitation in the US food system / Clement Loo, Robert A. Skipper, Jr.
Author Loo, Clement, author.
ISBN 9781137537041 (electronic book)
1137537043 (electronic book)
9781137537041
1137537043
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53704-1
Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1057/978-1-137-53704-1 doi
Call Number HD9006
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.1973
Summary This book argues that the factors contributing to obesity as a product of food insecurity have risen largely from the exploitation of vulnerable communities. In the past, food insecurity has been understood as primarily a matter of famine, hunger, and undernutrition. Such an understanding is no longer accurate: food insecurity is now also associated with obesity, the rates of which have increased dramatically in the past thirty years, particularly among lower-income communities and communities of color. This is likely the result of changes in the food system, including the reduction of access to fresh produce. Governments and intergovernmental bodies are therefore justified in more vigorously and directly intervening in the food system to ensure that communities have access to foods that contribute to better public health outcomes.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Skipper, Robert A., Jr., author.
Series Palgrave series in bioethics and public policy.
Available in Other Form Food Insecurity, the Obesity Crisis, and Exploitation in the US Food System.
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1. Introduction
2. The New Face of Food Insecurity
3. Consent and Exploitation
4. Obesity and Coercion
5. Moving Forward. .

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