Food, economics, and health /

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

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Bhargava, Alok
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Drawing on the author's extensive and varied research, this book provides readers with a firm grounding in the concepts and issues across 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. Using longitudinal (panel) data from India, Bangladesh, Kenya, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Pakistan and extending the analytical framework used in economics and biomedicalsciences to include multi-disciplinary analyses, Alok Bhargava shows how rigorous and thoughtful econometric and sta
Umfang:
1 online resource (234 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-203) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-966391-2
0-19-155636-X
9786611852948
1-281-85294-5
Schlagworte:
Food.
Food > Economic aspects.
Nutrition.
Diet in disease.
Nutritionally induced diseases.
Food supply.
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