Food Systems, Food Environments, and Consumer Behavior

Jessica Fanzo () and Claire Davis ()
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Jessica Fanzo: Johns Hopkins University
Claire Davis: Johns Hopkins University

Chapter Chapter 2 in Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition, 2021, pp 9-28 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Food is critical to good nutrition and health, but it is also essential to culture, society, tradition, religion, and individual values. Food systems consist of everybody and everything involved in bringing food from “farm to fork.” This chapter provides an overview of food systems and the key concepts necessary to understand how food systems function. Food systems consist of all the components and activities related to the production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food. Farmers and other food producers, consumers, businesses, civil society groups, and governments play major roles in the food system. Food system activities affect health and nutrition outcomes, as well as socio-economic status and the environment. Food supply chains, food environments, and consumer behavior represent three major components of food systems.

Keywords: Food systems; Food environments; Consumer behavior; Agriculture; Food supply chains; Consumer demand; Food system actors; Society; Genetic modification; Government; Consumers; Civil society; Food industry; Private sector; Non-governmental organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72763-5_2

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