Alok Bhargava

Food, Economics, and Health

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the author's extensive and varied research, this book provides readers with a summary of concepts and issues in several disciplines including economics, nutrition, psychology and public health in the hope of improving the design of food policies in the developed and developing world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780199269143
• ISBN-10: 0199269149
• Artikelnr.: 25007149

Autorenporträt

Alok Bhargava received his Ph.D. in econometrics from the London School of Economics in 1982. He has held teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. Currently, he is a professor of economics at the University of Houston and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston. Since 1989, he has been working on issues of nutrition, population health, child development, demography, and epidemiology in developing and developed countries. Many of his publications are on problems facing developing countries and have appeared in journals and his research is often cited in academic and policy forums and has influenced food policies in many settings.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Glossary
1: Introduction
2: Demand for food and nutrients in developing countries
3: Nutrition and child health outcomes in developing countries
4: Child health and cognitive development in developing countries
5: Fertility, child mortality, and economic development
6: Nutrition, health, and productivity in developing countries
7: Behavior, diet, and obesity in developed countries
8: Summing up and concluding remarks