书目名称 | Food Poverty and Insecurity:International Food Inequalities |
编辑 | Martin Caraher,John Coveney |
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概述 | Critically examines food poverty and food insecurity, with the goal of clarifying taken for granted assumptions in present discourses.Explores the rising tide of food poverty and some of the solutions |
丛书名称 | Food Policy |
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描述 | This volume is concerned with food poverty and action on food (in)security. The context is a global one; as the developed world faces a problem with overconsumption and chronic diseases, the developing world is addressing the double burden of hunger and over consumption. Even in the developed world, nation states are facing the rise of modern malnutrition which is over consumption, but also the re-emergence of hunger as there are growing levels of poverty and inequality due to the financial crises. Food insecurity is in many people’s minds associated with hunger, and while this is true the modern food system has introduced new complexities to food insecurity with the growth of micro-nutrient inequalities. Hunger and obesity are not being faced by two different groups but often the same group or cohort. These are features of modern malnutrition that are often not recognized. A critical examination of food poverty and food security is undertaken, with a view to clarifying taken-for-granted assumptions in present discourses. The book addresses food charity and the rise of solutions such as foodbanks as appropriate social responses. The final chapters explore the solutions from real l |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Food impoverishment; Food policy; Food security; Micro-nutrient inequalities; Modern malnutrition; Risk a |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23859-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-23858-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-23859-3Series ISSN 2365-4295 Series E-ISSN 2365-4309 |
issn_series | 2365-4295 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |