Consumption in the Age of Affluence: The World of Food

With growing affluence in the developed world, food has become an increasing focus for attention. Here, the authors argue that in order to understand the extensive and dramatic developments in the world of food, a new interdisciplinary approach is necessary. The Age of Affluence successfully addresses food consumption in this way. The volume: * argues the importance of socioeconomic and cultural factors over diet, in influencing the production, marketing and consumption of different groups of foods; * places food systems theory on sound analytical foundations; * draws critically upon food systems literature; * includes case studies from the sugar, dairy and meat systems; * employs novel statistical techniques to identify and explain distinct patterns of food consumption; The book will help to revitalize the discipline of food studies and points the way forward for the continuing study of food consumption. As such, it will be invaluable to students, researchers and policymakers engaged in the world of food.

Business & Money

Wright, Judith

Fine, Ben

Heasman, Michael

Economics

Routledge

Food Wars

In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the original analytical framework of competing paradigms or worldviews shaping the direction and decision-making within food politics and policy. The key theme of the importance of integrating human and environmental health has become even more pressing. In the first edition the authors set out and brought together the different strands of emerging agendas and competing narratives. The second edition retains the same core structure and includes updated examples, case studies and the new issues which show how these conflicting tendencies have played out in practice over recent years and what this tells us about the way the global food system is heading. Examples of key issues given increased attention include: <ul>
<li>nutrition, including the global rise in obesity, as well as chronic conditions, hunger and under-nutrition</li> <li>the environment, particularly the challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, water stress and food security</li> <li>food industry concentration and market power</li> <li>volatility and uncertainty over food prices and policy responses</li> <li>tensions over food, democracy and citizenship</li> <li>social and cultural aspects impacting food and nutrition policies.</li> </ul>

Food Wars: The Global Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets

Lang, Tim

Reference

Foods that promote human health - 'functional foods' or nutraceuticals - have caught the imagination of the global food industry. All the household-name companies are developing them as a key driver in their global strategies. They see the prospect of new markets and bigger margins, but the issues presented are fraught with complexity and difficulties. Distinguishing hype from real hope, the authors of this handbook explain the dilemmas and contradictions the industry faces. They present a wealth of detailed marketing, food policy and regulatory material from the leading markets world-wide and show how the hopes of the industry, and the consumer, may be dashed. The solution they offer is radical - nothing less than a new business model of what they term a healthful company.

The Functional Foods Revolution: Healthy People, Healthy Profits

Mellentin, Julian

* The first book to examine the revolution sweeping across the global food industry: foods that promote human health, such as Olestra* Penetrating analysis which shows that, to succeed, the 'functional foods' revolution requires a radical restructuring of the entire industry* A critical crossover issue for business interests, scientific probity and public health - like GM foods* An indispensable book for all involved in the industry, the science and in public healthFoods that promote human health—“functional foods" or nutraceuticals—have caught the imagination of the global food industry. Already the public are familiar with the cholesterol-lowering margarine Benecol, the probiotic drink Yakult and the "fat-free fat" Olestra. All the household-name companies are developing functional foods as a key driver in their global strategies—chasing new markets and bigger margins. But the issues presented are complex and difficult. Distinguishing hype from real hope, the authors explain the dilemmas and contradictions the industry faces. They present a wealth of detailed marketing, food policy and regulatory material and show how the hopes of the industry, and the consumer, may be dashed. The solution they offer is radical: nothing less than a new business model of what they term a "Healthful Company".

The Functional Foods Revolution: Healthy People, Healthy Profits?

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Earthscan Publications Ltd.

* "An important book that should be read by everyone who cares about how the way food is produced affects our own health as well as that of the environment and our national economies" --Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics * Outlines policy debates on where food is to come from; who makes/grows/sells it; and what consumers can do * Sets out the options for the future--how to provide wholesome food and a healthy environment The growth of a single global market is having far-reaching impacts on what we eat and profound implications for public health. In developing countries, endemic problems of a "Western" diet are found alongside food shortages. What matters now is not just what we eat but how it has been produced, distributed, and processed--a global politics of food and health. In the first full examination of these developments, the authors describe the two quite different paradigms of the production and supply of food that are competing to replace the industrial productionist model dominant over the last century. One centers on the life sciences, the other on an ecological approach. Food Wars argues that both have strong support but one dominates investment. Both draw on biology but differ in their social and political understanding. The authors argue that the outcome of the "Food Wars" is hugely important for food security and whether the enormous inequities in the present system are tackled.

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