{"product_id":"the-neoliberal-diet-healthy-profits-unhealthy-people-hardback-9781477316979","title":"The Neoliberal Diet; Healthy Profits, Unhealthy People (Hardback) 9781477316979","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHealthy Profits, Unhealthy People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerardo Otero (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477316979, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA closely argued sociological treatise...Otero draws on realms of data to demonstrate that neoliberal ideology-the belief that human welfare is best achieved through state-supported private enterprise-results in market-based agricultural systems that destroy subsistence farming, traditional diets, and health, while blaming the displaced victims for their own fate.\u003c\/div\u003e - Marion Nestle (The Lancet) \u003cdiv\u003eIn the neoliberal era, cuisines and daily eating are always in conversation with state powers that both facilitate and limit access to particular ingredients. Otero offers a historical framework for thinking about how “food regimes” in Latin America have shifted over time...Although the neoliberal diet caused a crisis of obesity, Otero wisely focuses on this as a social problem that requires structural solutions, even though it causes health issues in individual bodies.\u003c\/div\u003e (Latin American Research Review) \u003cdiv\u003eA remarkable, comprehensive book that gives the reader the sense of attending an advanced lecture series on global food politics led by a seasoned food expert…\u003ci\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/i\u003e is critical reading for food studies scholars, but it is also useful for anyone interested in understanding transformations in the global political economy over the last several decades and their effects on food production, diets, migration, labor rights, and social movements...[\u003ci\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/i\u003e] takes us very far in understanding the origin and scope of the problems we face and where we need to go.\u003c\/div\u003e (Contemporary Sociology) \u003cdiv\u003eThis volume is a 'must read' for agriculture, food, and nutrition science and policy professionals…[a] path-breaking analysis.\u003c\/div\u003e - Ellen Messer (Human Ecology) \u003cdiv\u003eOtero makes several points that warrant the attention of food policy analysts and advocates.\u003c\/div\u003e - Nicholas Freudenberg (Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development) \u003cdiv\u003eThe cogency, clarity, and significance of Gerardo Otero's [\u003ci\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/i\u003e] has become more apparent since the Covid-19 pandemic upended livelihoods across the globe...\u003ci\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates how the combined effects of neoliberal economic policy have engendered vast health inequalities around the world... Otero’s study is an ambitious critique of neoliberalism’s tendency to situate the consumer as almost solely responsible for their health and well-being...Even as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Otero reminds us that the neoliberal food regime has, in many ways, laid the groundwork for our present unhealth.\u003c\/div\u003e (Food, Culture \u0026amp; Society)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are people getting fatter in the United States and beyond? Mainstream explanations argue that people simply eat too much “energy-dense” food while exercising too little. By swapping the chips and sodas for fruits and vegetables and exercising more, the problem would be solved. By contrast, \u003ci\u003eThe Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/i\u003e argues that increased obesity does not result merely from individual food and lifestyle choices. Since the 1980s, the neoliberal turn in policy and practice has promoted trade liberalization and retrenchment of the welfare regime, along with continued agricultural subsidies in rich countries. Neoliberal regulation has enabled agribusiness multinationals to thrive by selling highly processed foods loaded with refined flour and sugars-a diet that originated in the United States-as well as meat. Drawing on extensive empirical data, Gerardo Otero identifies the socioeconomic and political forces that created this diet, which has been exported around the globe, often at the expense of people’s health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtero shows how state-level actions, particularly subsidies for big farms and agribusiness, have ensured the dominance of processed foods and made healthful fresh foods inaccessible to many. Comparing agrifood performance across several nations, including the NAFTA region, and correlating food access to class inequality, he convincingly demonstrates the structural character of food production and the effect of inequality on individual food choices. Resolving the global obesity crisis, Otero concludes, lies not in blaming individuals but in creating state-level programs to reduce inequality and make healthier food accessible to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Obesity and the Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The Neoliberal Food Regime and Its Crisis: The Dynamic Factors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Neoregulation of Agricultural Biotechnology at the National and Suprastate Scales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Food and Inequality in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Class Diets in the NAFTA Region: Divergence or Convergence?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. NAFTA, Agriculture, and Work: Mexico’\u003cbr\u003es Loss of Food and Labor Sovereignty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Globalizing the Neoliberal Diet: Food Security and Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Food Security, Obesity, and Inequality: Measuring the Risk of Exposure to the Neoliberal Diet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: What Is to Be Done?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589128319256,"sku":"9781477316979","price":58.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-neoliberal-diet-healthy-profits-unhealthy-people-hardback-9781477316979","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}