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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460903403321

Titolo

A framework for assessing the effects of the food system / / Malden C. Nesheim, Maria Oria, and Peggy Tsai Yih, editors ; Committee on a Framework for Assessing the Health, Environmental, and Social Effects of the Food System, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources ; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-30781-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

363.80973

Soggetti

Food supply - Government policy - United States

Food supply - United States

Public health - United States

Food - Environmental aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Reviewers; Preface; Contents; Summary; PART I: The U.S. Food System; 1 Introduction; 2 Overview of the U.S. Food System; PART II: Effects of the U.S. Food System; Part II: Effects of the U.S. Food System; 3 Health Effects of the U.S. Food System; 4 Environmental Effects of the U.S. Food System; 5 Social and Economic Effects of the U.S. Food System; PART III: The Framework; 6 The U.S. Food and Agriculture System as a Complex Adaptive System; 7 A Framework for Assessing the Food System and Its Effects; 7-A Annexes: Examples to Illustrate the Framework

ANNEX 1: Dietary Recommendations for Fish Consumption ANNEX 2: U.S. Biofuels Policy; ANNEX 3: Attaining Recommended Amounts of Fruits and Vegetables in the American Diet; ANNEX 4: Nitrogen in Agroecosystems; ANNEX 5: Comparing Hen Housing Practices and Their Effects on Various Domains; 8 Epilogue; Appendix A: Open Session



Agendas; Appendix B: Selected Metrics, Methodologies, Data, and Models; Appendix C: Acronyms; Appendix D: Committee Member Biographical Sketches