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Food policy : looking forward from the past /

By: Obenchain, Janel [author.].
Contributor(s): Spark, Arlene, 1945- [author.].
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Description: xxvii, 510 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781439880241; 9781439880241:; 1439880247.Subject(s): Food consumption -- United States | Nutrition policy -- United States | Food supply -- Government policy -- United States | Food security -- Government policy -- United States | Nutrition -- United States | Food -- Safety measures | Food habits -- United States | Food industry and trade -- United States | Agriculture and state -- United States | Nutrition policy -- United States -- History | Food industry and trade -- History -- United States | Nutrition -- United States -- History | Food habits -- United States -- History | Agriculture and state -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 363.8560973 OBE
Contents:
United States agricultural policies -- Dietary guidance -- Nutrition information policies -- Activism -- Federal food assistance -- Milk -- Meat -- Grains -- Fruits and vegetables -- Enrichment and fortification -- "The nanny state" : taxes, zoning, ordinances, and corporate self-regulation -- Food protection : defense and safety -- Looking forward.
Summary: Access to safe, adequate, and nutritionally balanced food is a cornerstone of public health. This book examines the influences of grassroots movements, the government, and industry on the US food systems. The authors explore the intersection of food and nutrition and how policy influences this overlap.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 363.8560973 OBE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0079025
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

United States agricultural policies -- Dietary guidance -- Nutrition information policies -- Activism -- Federal food assistance -- Milk -- Meat -- Grains -- Fruits and vegetables -- Enrichment and fortification -- "The nanny state" : taxes, zoning, ordinances, and corporate self-regulation -- Food protection : defense and safety -- Looking forward.

Access to safe, adequate, and nutritionally balanced food is a cornerstone of public health. This book examines the influences of grassroots movements, the government, and industry on the US food systems. The authors explore the intersection of food and nutrition and how policy influences this overlap.

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