From Famine to Fast Food: Nutrition, Diet, and Concepts of Health Around the World

314 Pages·2014·2.17 MB·English

by  Ken Albala

From Famine
to Fast Food
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From Famine
to Fast Food
NUTRITION, DIET, AND CONCEPTS OF
HEALTH AROUND THE WORLD
KenAlbala,Editor
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Contents
Introduction xiii
Africa 1
Algeria 1
Angola 2
Benin 4
BurkinaFaso 4
CentralAfrica 5
Coˆted’Ivoire 8
Egypt 9
EthiopiaandEritrea 11
Ghana 14
Guinea 14
Kenya 15
Liberia 16
Maasai 18
Madagascar 19
Mauritania 21
Morocco 22
Mozambique 24
Namibia 25
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Nigeria 26
Senegal 29
SierraLeone 31
Somalia 31
SouthAfrica 33
Sudan 35
Swaziland 36
Uganda 38
Zimbabwe 39
MiddleEast 43
ArabianPeninsula 43
Iran 46
Iraq 48
Israel 49
Jordan 52
Lebanon 54
PalestinianTerritories 55
Syria 56
Turkey 57
YemenandOman 59
Americas 61
Argentina 61
ArubaandBonaire 62
Barbados 63
Belize 64
Bolivia 65
Brazil 67
Contents ix
Canada 70
Chile 71
Colombia 74
CostaRica 76
Cuba 77
Curac¸aoandSintMaarten 78
Dominica 79
DominicanRepublic 81
Ecuador 82
ElSalvador 82
FrenchGuiana 84
Grenada 85
Guatemala 87
Guyana 89
Haiti 90
Honduras 91
Inuit 92
Jamaica 94
MartiniqueandGuadeloupe 97
Mexico 98
NativeAmericans 102
Nicaragua 104
Panama 106
ParaguayandUruguay 107
Peru 108
PuertoRico 109
Suriname 111