Public health nutrition and genetics: implications for nutrition policy and promotion
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Public health nutrition and food policy.
Food in its many manifestations allows us to explore the global control of health and to examine the ways in which food choice is moulded by many interests. The global food market is controlled by a small number of companies who operate a system that delivers 'cheap' food to the countries of the developed world. This 'cheap' food comes at a price, which externalises costs to the nation state in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns2003330