Main description:

Presently, ideas about food are in flux from a variety of sources. Examples of this evolution include recognizing the importance of food on health by public health and medical professionals; changing consumer desires around the production methods and components of their food; a greater focus on injustices within the national food system; evolving knowledge of how the food system impacts the environment; and, shifting economic and technological realities that underpin where and how food is produced, distributed and sold.

These shifting ideas about food exist in contrast to the narrative of the highly functioning, industrialized, global food system that emerged in the second half of the 20th century. This edited volume fills a void by presenting a comprehensive and engaging coverage of the key issues at the intersection of public health, policy, and food. The Intersection of Food and Public Health is comprised of research that examines current problems in food studies and how various stakeholders are attempting to address problems in unique ways.

The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of disciplines, including public administration, public policy, public health, economics, political science, nutrition, dietetics, and food studies.

Contents:

SECTION I: WHERE THE PERSONAL INTERSECTS WITH PUBLIC POLICY

Chapter 1. Why You are What You Eat Matters When Eating School Lunch: A Personal Narrative, Angela L. Glover

SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING FOOD INSECURITY

Chapter 2. Child and Adult Food Insecurity in the United States, Joanne Christaldi and Diana Cuy Castellanos

Chapter 3. Unintended Consequences of Nutritional Assistance Programs: Children's School Meal Participation and Adults' Food Security, Teja Pristavec

Chapter 4. The Food Environment and Social Determinants of Food Insufficiency and Diet Quality in Rural Households, Christian King

Chapter 5. A Case Study of a Rural Food Desert, Emily Kohls

SECTION III: EXPLORING THE REGULATION OF FOOD

Chapter 6. When is Food (Not) Functional?, Courtney I. P. Thomas

Chapter 7. Chlorpyrifos Contamination across the Food System: Shifting Science, Regulatory Challenges, and Implications for Public Health, Bhavna Shamasunder

Chapter 8. On the Front-Lines in School Cafeterias: The Trials and Tribulations of Food Service Directors, A. Bryce Hoflund, John C. Jones, and Michelle Pautz

Chapter 9. GMO's: An Examination of Issues Surrounding GMO regulations, Tania Calvao

SECTION IV: CONSIDERING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Chapter 10. From Industrial Food to Local Alternatives: A Cultural Food Shift and New Directions in Public Health, Alicia Andry

Chapter 11. An Idealized Conceptual Framework for Urban Food System Governance in Post-Industrial American Cities, John C. Jones

SECTION V: MISSING CONNECTIONS IN FOOD, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH POLICY

Chapter 12. Beyond "Good Nutrition": Ethical Implications of Public Health Nutrition Policy, Adele Hite

Chapter 13. Framing Food Within a Health Policy System: Health in All Policies, Sabrina Neeley

Chapter 14. Framing Food Within a Health Policy System: One Health, Sabrina Neeley

Chapter 15. Food Literacy: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?, Georgia Jones

SECTION VI: CHANGING FOOD AND HEALTH POLICY

Chapter 16. Towards a Just Food System, Anthony Starke and Megan McGuffey

Chapter 17. School Lunch Reform and the Problem with Obesity, Jennifer Geist Rutledge

Chapter 18. Leadership, Partnerships, and Civic Engagement: A Case Study of School Food Reform in California, Helena C. Lyson

Chapter 19. School Food Services Privatization, Carol Ebdon and Can Chen

Chapter 20. Thinking Beyond Food and Fiber: Public Dialogue and Group Discussion in the New Deal Department of Agriculture, Timothy J. Shaffer