Food, Health, and Global Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15684237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary C Rawlinson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.8.2.1 |
| OpenAlex | W1715060297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC 2015) estimates that 35 percent of American adults are obese, while 69 percent are overweight. The CDC also estimates that nearly one in every five children in the United States is obese. The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that medical treatments of obesity cost US$168.4 billion a year, or 16.5 percent of national spending on medical care (Cawley and Meyerhoefer 2010). Public Health England (n.d.) estimates that 25 percent of the adult population in England is considered obese, while 62 percent of adults are overweight. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in North America, large portions of Central and South America, most of Europe, Russia, and Australia, 60 percent of the population is overweight. The United States and the United Arab Emirates have the highest obesity rates, according to the WHO, at 32.6 and 33.8 percent, respectively. The rest of North America, those large portions of Central and South America, Europe, Russia, and Australia exhibit rates over 20 percent (WHO n.d.). While obesity rates are highest in high-income countries, obesity is nonetheless associated with poverty (Drewnowski and Specter 2004). Poverty limits access to fresh, healthy food and encourages, if not requires, a reliance on processed or fast foods. At the same time, low-income countries are being targeted as new markets by global agribusiness and processed food corporations. In many low-income countries, infectious disease is declining, while obesity and obesity-related diseases as well as dental caries are on the rise. These epidemiological effects appear to be directly related to the incursion of global food
Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Obesity · Overweight · Political science · Population · Poverty · Public health · Sociology · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |