Food Insecurity, the Obesity Crisis, and Exploitation in the US Food System

• Main Authors: Loo, Clement (Author), Skipper, Jr., Robert A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Series in Bioethics and Public Policy
• Subjects: potravinová bezpečnost > Spojené státy americké; zásobování potravinami > Spojené státy americké; obezita > Spojené státy americké; veřejné zdraví > Spojené státy americké; food security > United States; food supply > United States; obesity > United States; public health > United States; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs

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 long...