Amazon.com description: Product Description: The impact of politics on food and nutrition throughout the world is the subject of this compelling book. Nutrition & Politics provides a fascinating historical account of how politics has influenced food production and consumption and the resulting nutritional impact from the time of clans and tribes to today, with the current rash of food riots taking place in response to more food shortages than ever before. This book explores the response of governments and international organizations to food and nutrition problems, including territorial disputes over fishing rights; governmentally induced famines in developing countries; emergency relief efforts in times of drought, famine, and other crises; and how global warming is affecting both regional and international food supplies. Nutrition & Politics covers the topic with striking photography, instructive charts and diagrams, and easily comprehensible discussions of sensitive topics. The book includes: * over 60 full-color photos and illustrations * ask the expert sections, providing real answers to insightful questions * find out more sections, directing readers to additional resources * glossaries of terms at the beginning of each chapter, reinforcing important terms * real-life stories and events, providing examples to reinforce the text * excerpts from primary sources, modeling document-based questions and answers, providing cross-curriculum links. This eye-opening book gives students a new global perspective on nutrition and politics.