Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts /

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An examination of the transformation of the Japanese diet from subsistence to abundance and an assessment of the consequences for health, longevity, and the environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smil, Vaclav
Other Authors: Kobayashi, Kazuhiko, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Food habits.
Food consumption forecasting.
Diet > Health aspects.
Diet.
Agricultural ecology.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
COOKING > Specific Ingredients > Natural Foods.
COOKING > Health & Healing > Weight Control.
COOKING > Health & Healing > General.
Écologie agricole > Japon.
Aliments > Consommation > Prevision > Japon.
Habitudes alimentaires > Japon > Études longitudinales.
Alimentation > Japon > Études longitudinales.
Agricultural ecology > Japan.
Food consumption forecasting > Japan.
Diet > Health aspects > Japan.
Food habits > Japan > Longitudinal studies.
Diet > Japan > Longitudinal studies.
Japan.
Longitudinal studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Japanese Diet, 1900
  • 2010: From Subsistence to Affluence; 2 Old and New Foodstuffs: A Century of Transitions; 3 Food Consumption: Continuity and Change; 4 Diets and Well-being: Health and Longevity; 5 Environmental Impacts: Land, Water, Nitrogen, and Ocean; 6 Japanese Diet: Retrospect and Prospect; References; Index.

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