America's obesity: conflicting public policies, industrial economic development, and unintended human consequences

The chapter reviews the historical development and interactions of U.S. agricultural, economic, nutrition, and development policies relating to the creation of the commercial environment of social, economic, technological, and political factors that favor the development of American obesity.

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Published in:Annual review of nutrition 2004-01, Vol.24 (1), p.617-643
Main Author: Tillotson, J.E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Biological and medical sciences
Development policy
Economic development
Economics
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Food Industry
food supply
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
human diseases
Humans
industrialization
literature reviews
Nutrition Policy
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Public Policy
sectoral development
United States - epidemiology
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:The chapter reviews the historical development and interactions of U.S. agricultural, economic, nutrition, and development policies relating to the creation of the commercial environment of social, economic, technological, and political factors that favor the development of American obesity.
ISSN:0199-9885
1545-4312
DOI:10.1146/annurev.nutr.24.012003.132434