Integrating Food Policy with Growing Health and Wellness Concerns: An Analytical Literature Review of the Issues Affecting Government, Industry, and Civil Society

Sean Cash, Brett Cortus, Ellen Goddard, Alice Han, Mel L. Lerohl and Jose L. Lomeli

No 24056, Project Report Series from University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology

Abstract: Over the past few years, there has been growing global interest in the link between food and health. This paper provides a review of some of the recent literature describing these linkages. The first section provides an overview of findings that link the consumption of fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, whole-grains, alcohol, sugar, dairy, fish, pulses, soy, and nuts to coronary heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. The authors then summarize various international and domestic non-government organizations' views about these issues. The third section centres on the food industry and its responses to growing health concerns. The fourth section is an overview of public policy relating to food and health, including the use of food policy to change consumption behaviour and address obesity. This section also includes a discussion of the relevance of policies designed to discourage smoking to the current debate on obesity. The Conclusion highlights ways in which Canadian food policy can be adapted in order to better promote health and wellness.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 161
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.24056

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