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Politics, Practice, and Policy,
Edition 1 How to Get Things Done in Food and Nutrition, 10 Case StudiesEditors: By Eileen Kennedy, PhD
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01 Sep 2026
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Description
Food and Nutrition Policy: 10 Case Studies for Developing Effective Policies and Programs explains how policy compromises are reached and then changed over time as new information becomes available. Derived from the authors’ experiences while serving as a political appointee in the federal government, participating in international committees and boards, and from materials from a graduate course which she teaches on global food and nutrition policy at Tufts University, the 10 case studies presented in this book provide real world learning examples on how contentious issues are resolved in the political process.While each of the ten chapters focuses on a specific topic, the book showcases an overriding theme of food and health justice, equity, and empowerment. Readers will deduce key factors to examine pivotal policy decisions while the author dissects polarizing topics such as examining the successes and failures of dietary guidelines, front label packaging approaches, implications of expanding personalized nutrition, the obesity epidemic and the role of GMO’s in agricultural production, and more.
Key Features
- Summarizes real-world learning examples of the political process of nutrition policy decisions
- Translates science’s influence on formation and the implementation of food and nutrition policy
- Provides clear understanding of the effects of political economic factors on the creation of dominant policies in food and nutrition
- Explains how policy compromises are reached and change over time as new information becomes available
About the author
By Eileen Kennedy, PhD, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University, USA
1. The Sugar Wars
2. Dietary Guidelines
3. Global Supplemental Feeding Programs, including WIC: Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
4. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5. Front of Pack Labeling (FOP)
6. Micronutrient Malnutrition and the Mystery of Vitamin A
7. Public Policy in Food and Nutrition: Systematic or Chaotic
8. Personalized Nutrition
9. Overweight, Obesity, and Noncommunicable Diseases: The Global Epidemic
10. Transforming Food Systems: What Needs to Be Done?
2. Dietary Guidelines
3. Global Supplemental Feeding Programs, including WIC: Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
4. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms): The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5. Front of Pack Labeling (FOP)
6. Micronutrient Malnutrition and the Mystery of Vitamin A
7. Public Policy in Food and Nutrition: Systematic or Chaotic
8. Personalized Nutrition
9. Overweight, Obesity, and Noncommunicable Diseases: The Global Epidemic
10. Transforming Food Systems: What Needs to Be Done?
ISBN:
9780443331046
Page Count:
250
Retail Price
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Graduate and postgraduate students in food, nutrition, dietetics, economics, and public health CPG companies in food and food product development; international NGO’s