Includes bibliographic references and index.

The history of food and public health / Emily Contois and Anastasia Day --H︣istory and development of the 2015-2020 dietary guidelines for Americans / Alice H. Lichtenstein and Allison Karpyn --B︣ehavioral design as an emerging theory for dietary behavior change / NCCOR Behavioral Design Working Group --H︣ealth disparities : race, ethnicity, gender and class / Alison G.M. Brown and Sara C. Folta --H︣ealthy food marketing / Allison Karpyn --P︣olicy efforts supporting healthy diets for adults and children / Courtney A. Pinard, Eric E. Calloway, Teresa M. Smith, Amy L. Yaroh --F︣ood insecurity and public health / Molly Knowles, Joanna Simmons, Mariana Chilton --O︣besogenic environments and public health mitigation strategies / Allison Karpyn --F︣ood controversies : the healthy pulse of a democracy? / F. Bailey Norwood --T︣he obesity pandemic & food insecurity in developing countries : a case study from the Caribbean / Kristen Lowitt, Katherine Gray-Donald, Gordon M. Hickey, Arlette Saint Ville, Isabella Francis-Granderson, Chandra A. Madramootoo, and Leroy Phillip --I︣ntersections of food and culture : case studies of sugar and meat from Australia, Japan, Thailand, and Nigeria / Wakako Takeda, Cathy Banwell, Kelebogile T. Setiloane, and Melissa K. Melby --F︣rom soil to stomach : agritourism and public health / Erecia Hepburn and Allison Karpyn.

"A new introduction to public health's most elemental topic Food is baked in to most things that public health is and does. But for a field charged with carrying torches as divergent as anti-hunger and anti-obesity, it's unlikely, even impossible, to shape a unified approach to complex concepts like food environment, food access, or even nutrition. Food and Public Health offers a contextualized, accessible introduction to understanding the foundations (and contradictions) at the intersection of these two topics. It distills the historical, political, sociological, and scientific factors influencing what we eat and where our food comes from, then offers actionable insights for future nutritionists, social workers, dietitians, and researchers in public health. Guiding the reader through more than a century of food-focused regulation, policy, and education, Food and Public Health is an essential introduction to: ℗ʺ food production and availability on a global and neighborhood scale ℗ʺ dietary guidelines, agricultural subsidies, rationing, and other attempts by governments to shape their citizens' diets ℗ʺ best practices in health promotion and chronic disease prevention ℗ʺ food insecurity and its paradoxical role as driver of both hunger and obesity Enriched with real-world examples and case studies, Food and Public Health offers a crucial link between kitchen tables and populations for the classroom."--Google Books viewed May 6, 2022.