Food, Economics, and Health

摘要

Bhargava examines the contributions of the disciplines of statistics, nutrition, epidemiology, public health, economics, demography, psychology and anthropology to some of the most important issues facing us today: food, health, wellbeing and economic productivity. There are three key qualities that make Food, Economics, and Health stand out. First, Bhargava uses a truly multidisciplinary approach. Given that disciplines tend to have different approaches to food consumption, Bhargava argues that it is important to integrate the biomedical and social sciences to have a deeper understanding of the linkages between food intake and health. Such an integrated approach is important for understanding the pathways by which food affects the outcomes that are addressed in the book: demand for food and nutrients, child health outcomes (height, weight and morbidity), cognitive development, fertility and mortality, and labour productivity in developing countries, as well as obesity in developed countries.