Trade liberalisation and the nutrition transition
Mapping the pathways for public health nutritionists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15093268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Marie Thow (0000-0002-6460-5864, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2150-2158 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980009005680 |
| PMID | 19433005 |
| OpenAlex | W1988193527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 30 |
Objective To describe pathways through which trade liberalisation affects the food environment, relevant to the nutrition transition, in order to enable public health nutritionists to understand trade policy as a macro-level influence on food consumption. Design The pathways mapped in the present paper are based on the agreements of the World Trade Organization, which shape national policy. Implications for nutrition are presented based on a comprehensive literature review, and case studies are used to illustrate the various pathways. Setting Developing countries are currently experiencing a nutrition transition, resulting in dietary patterns associated with chronic disease. Chronic diseases are amenable to prevention, and trade policy has been highlighted as a potential avenue for nutrition-related prevention. Results Trade liberalisation influences the food environment through facilitating trade in goods and services, enabling investment and decreasing support/protection for domestic industry. These policy outcomes facilitate the nutrition transition particularly through increasing the availability and affordability of processed foods and animal products. The framework highlights the complex relationship between trade policy and the nutrition transition, with both negative and positive outcomes arising from different aspects of trade liberalisation. Conclusions Policy change associated with trade liberalisation has created incentives for consumption patterns associated with the nutrition transition, but has also had some positive nutritional outcomes. As a result, it is important for public health nutritionists to consider the implications of trade policy decisions in their efforts to prevent and control diet-related chronic diseases
Business · Commercial policy · Consumption (sociology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Free trade · Incentive · International economics · International trade · Liberalization · Market economy · Nutrition transition · Obesity · Public economics · Public health · Public policy · Trade barrier · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Health Policy
Role of government policy in nutrition—barriers to and opportunities for healthier eating
Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America
Food consumption trends and drivers
Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
Food sovereignty, food security and health equity
The implications of trade liberalization for diet and health
Regional trade and the nutrition transition
A new generation of trade policy
Stakeholder perceptions on the impact of trade and investment agreements on nutrition policy space in small island developing states
The role of trade and investment liberalization in the sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages market
Economic globalization, nutrition and health
Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas
The health impact of trade and investment agreements
Analyzing the impacts of global trade and investment on non-communicable diseases and risk factors
Ultra processed foods and their inputs increasingly dominate New Zealand’s food and beverage imports
Papua New Guinea agri-food trade and household consumption trends point towards dietary change and increased overweight and obesity prevalence
The future of human malnutrition
Framing international trade and chronic disease
Food packaging
Which government policies to create sustainable food systems have the potential to simultaneously address undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability
Trade and investment liberalization and Asia’s noncommunicable disease epidemic
Design and methodology of a community-based cluster-randomized controlled trial for dietary behaviour change in rural Kerala
Drivers of GHG emissions from dietary transition patterns in China
A structuralist perspective on the commercial determinants of health
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods
Weight gains from trade in foods
Integrating sufficiency in the trade and biodiversity agenda of the European Union
Mexican immigrant health advantage in metabolic syndrome? Examining the contributions of demographic, socioeconomic, and health behavior characteristics
Intra-Household Allocation of Nutrients in an Opening China
Trade liberalization and nutrition transition
Health welfare in the digital era
Perceived social and media influences on tobacco use among Samoan youth
Diet quality in the population of Norway and Poland
The tide of dietary risks for noncommunicable diseases in Pacific Islands
Food security, obesity, and inequality
Traditional beneficiaries
Trade and food policy
Reflections on food policy in the context of healthy and sustainable diets
Dairy trade liberalization and child stunting
Trade and dietary diversity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Taxing highly processed foods
Unintended consequence of trade on regional dietary patterns in rural India
The enduring influence of institutions on universal health coverage
Food insecurity
Using multiple correspondence analysis to identify behaviour patterns associated with overweight and obesity in Vanuatu adults
The global context for public health nutrition taxation
How food companies use social media to influence policy debates
The interface between consumers and their food environment in Myanmar
Better nutrition, better lives
Trade and the Nutrition Transition
Trade liberalization and social determinants of health
A conceptual framework for investigating the impacts of international trade and investment agreements on noncommunicable disease risk factors
Perceptions and attitudes towards food choice in adolescents in Gaborone, Botswana
From theChacrato theTienda
International trade and the neoliberal diet in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Understanding the nourishment of bodies at the centre of food and health systems - systemic, bodily and new materialist perspectives on nutritional inequity
Is trade liberalisation a vector for the spread of sugar-sweetened beverages? A cross-national longitudinal analysis of 44 low- and middle-income countries
The impact of economic, political and social globalization on overweight and obesity in the 56 low and middle income countries
Nutrition Transition in Mexico and in Other Latin American Countries
The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Trade and social determinants of health
Globalisation and the prevention and control of non-communicable disease
Trade liberalization and the diet transition
Globalization and social determinants of health
Uneven dietary development
The nutrition transition and its health implications in lower-income countries
The role of foreign direct investment in the nutrition transition
Dietary changes in African urban households in response to currency devaluation
Colonisation, the New World Order, and the eradication of traditional food habits in East Africa
Factors determining the nutrition transition in two Mediterranean islands
Implications of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement for the nutrition transition in Central America
Food and nutrition policy in Malta
Global Trade and Public Health
Global Trade and Public Health
Food Energy in Tropical Ecosystems
Trends in dietary patterns of Latin American populations
A conceptual model of the food and nutrition system
| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 58 |