tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Uneven dietary development: linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Uneven dietary development: linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition, obesity and diet-related chronic diseases | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Review Open Access Uneven dietary development linking the policies and processes of globalization with the nutrition transition obesity and diet-related chronic diseases Corinna Hawkes Address Food Consumption and Nutrition Division International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC USA Email Corinna Hawkes - Corresponding author Published 28 March 2006 Received 05 October 2005 Accepted 28 March 2006 Globalization and Health2006 2 4 doi 1744-8603-2-4 This article is available from http content 2 1 4 2006Hawkes licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In a nutrition transition the consumption of foods high in fats and sweeteners is increasing throughout the developing world. The transition implicated in the rapid rise of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases worldwide is rooted in the processes of globalization. Globalization affects the nature of agri-food systems thereby altering the quantity type cost and desirability of foods available for consumption. Understanding the links between globalization and the nutrition transition is therefore necessary to help policy makers develop policies including food policies for addressing the global burden of chronic disease. While the subject has been much discussed tracing the specific pathways between globalization and dietary change remains a challenge. To help address this challenge this paper explores how one of the central mechanisms of globalization the integration of the global marketplace is affecting the specific diet patterns. Focusing on middle-income countries it highlights the importance of three major processes of market integration I production