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The neoliberal diet : healthy profits, unhealthy people /

<P>Why are people getting fatter in the United States and beyond? Mainstream explanations argue that people simply eat too much "energy-dense" food while exercising too little. By swapping the chips and sodas for fruits and vegetables and exercising more, the problem would be solved....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Otero, Gerardo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2018]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Obesity and the Neoliberal Diet; Chapter 1. The Neoliberal Food Regime and Its Crisis: The Dynamic Factors; Chapter 2. Neoregulation of Agricultural Biotechnology at the National and Suprastate Scales; Chapter 3. Food and Inequality in the United States; Chapter 4. Class Diets in the NAFTA Region: Divergence or Convergence?; Chapter 5. NAFTA, Agriculture, and Work: Mexico's Loss of Food and Labor Sovereignty; Chapter 6. Globalizing the Neoliberal Diet: Food Security and Trade.
  • Chapter 7. Food Security, Obesity, and Inequality: Measuring the Risk of Exposure to the Neoliberal DietConclusion: What Is to Be Done?; References; Index.