Martin Caraher, Sinead Furey, Rebecca Wells

Food Policy in the United Kingdom

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an introduction to food policy in the United Kingdom, examining policy development, implementation, influences and current issues.

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Produktdetails

• Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781032196770
• ISBN-10: 1032196777
• Artikelnr.: 67824234

Autorenporträt

Martin Caraher is Emeritus Professor of Food and Health Policy in the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, UK. He was a founding member of the London Food Board and has sat on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) advisory board. He has published five books, including The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision (2018) and Food Poverty and Insecurity (2016). Sinéad Furey is a senior lecturer in Consumer Management and Food Innovation at Ulster University Business School, UK. She previously worked in food and consumer policy roles for the Consumer Council, Education and Training Inspectorate, and the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland. Rebecca Wells is a senior lecturer in Food Policy in the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, UK, and the Programme Director for the Centre's MSc in Food Policy. She previously worked as a producer and food journalist on radio programmes for the BBC, including BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Food policy in the UK: from public health and nutrition to sustainable
diets
3 Food policy and nutrition: the triple burden of modern diets
4 The growth of food insecurity: the new face of food poverty
5 Sustainable diets: linking nutrition and environment
6 Food media, marketing and advertising
7 The UK food industry
8 Global food trade and commodities: the financialisation of food
9 Public sector food initiatives: the case of school food and early
childhood provision
10 Food scares, food safety and food fraud from chalk in flour to
"horsegate"
11 Examples of success in UK food policy
12 Conclusions, reflections and the future for food policy