The Norwegian food and nutritional policy

Dept. Hlth Care Organ.. Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. Hyg. Publ. and Hlth. Baltimore. Md. 21205

American Journal of Public Health, 1977, vol. 67, issue 6, 550-551

Abstract: This paper gives a historical perspective, and couples the question of health to its widest social, economic, and political circumscription. While it may be faulted for emphasizing individual behavior as a major determinant of a less than optimal diet, it also stresses the role of the producers and distributors in this capacity. And although it is limited to cooperation between the agricultural and health sectors, it does demonstrate that policy need not be sectoral. It thus presents a basis on which more comprehensive health policies can be developed. More than anything, perhaps, it should demonstrate that it is possible to develop comprehensive national policies in the area of health and agriculture. Such national policies are sorely needed if we are ever to achieve a global coordination for the exploitation, refinement, and distribution of resources in a time that international dependencies of all kinds are obviously increasing.

Date: 1977
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